Satz - Definition and Overview

"Satz is any single member of a musical piece, which in and of itself displays a complete sense," (Riemann 1976: 841) such as a sentence, phrase, or movement.

For Ursatz see Schenkerian analysis.

Source

• Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (1990). Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music (Musicologie générale et sémiologue, 1987). Translated by Carolyn Abbate (1990). ISBN 0691027145.
  • Riemann (1976).