xiv Preface text in Schenkerian analysis—no knowledge of itis presupposed for either instruc- tor or student—but the book will provide a valuable preparation for the later study of Schenkerian analysis. We believe that a solid foundation in harmony and voice leading is an indispensable prerequisite for learning Schenker’s approach; without it students have no secure basis for the analytic judgments they are called upon to make. In preparing this Third Edition, we profited from the advice of many colleagues, students, and friends; and we wish to thank all of them, including the large number wwe are not able to list here. In particular, we wish to thank our colleagues David Gagné and William Rothstein, who drew upon their great theoretical expertise and Jong familiarity with the previous editions and made particularly valuable sugges- tions. We also owe special thanks to Professor John Hanson of the Eastman School, who, on his own generous initiative, sent us a large number of comments that were most helpful to us in the revision of the workbooks. And we thank Jean Aldwell for countless acts of support and forbearance. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Eric Wen of The Curtis Institute of Music, who produced the accompanying CDs. He is an expert musician and an expert record producer, and we were fortunate in being able to draw upon his varied skills. We are very grateful to the following reviewers of the Third Edition: Emelyne Bingham, Vanderbilt University; Ellon Carpenter, Arizona State University; David Damschroder, University of Minnesota; David Gagné, Aaron Copland School of Music/Queens College/City University of New York; David Kopp, University of Washington-Seattle; David Pereira, University of California at Berkeley; William Rothstein, Aaron Copland School of Music/Queens College/City University of New York; and Deborah Stein, New England Conservatory. We wish to thank the staff of Wadsworth Group for their enthusiastic support—especially publisher Clark Baxter, Senior Developmental Editor Sharon Adams-Poore, and Project Managers Dianne Toop and Erica Silverstein. Elsa Peterson was a most helpful editor in the early stages of production. And finally, we wish to chank the staff of Bui, Inc,, espe- cially Sara Dovre Wudali and Scott Rohr, for their valiant efforts in producing this book Edward Aldwell Carl Schachter