William Rothstein

686 total citations
22 papers, 271 citations indexed

About

William Rothstein is a scholar working on Music, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, William Rothstein has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 271 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Music, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in William Rothstein's work include Musicology and Musical Analysis (14 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (6 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (5 papers). William Rothstein is often cited by papers focused on Musicology and Musical Analysis (14 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (6 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (5 papers). William Rothstein collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. William Rothstein's co-authors include David Epstein, Walter Frisch, Ralf Krampe, Edward T. Cone, Roy Howat, Nicholas Cook, Eric Clarke, Joel Lester, John Rink and John Rothgeb and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Spectrum and Music Analysis.

In The Last Decade

William Rothstein

16 papers receiving 124 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Rothstein United States 8 187 170 96 63 36 22 271
Carl Schachter United States 11 232 1.2× 214 1.3× 127 1.3× 99 1.6× 45 1.3× 29 352
Danuta Mirka United Kingdom 6 128 0.7× 151 0.9× 50 0.5× 63 1.0× 61 1.7× 19 236
Heinrich Schenker 9 149 0.8× 99 0.6× 88 0.9× 38 0.6× 16 0.4× 43 205
Benjamin Boretz United States 10 227 1.2× 123 0.7× 140 1.5× 62 1.0× 18 0.5× 35 337
Joel Lester United Kingdom 9 196 1.0× 138 0.8× 90 0.9× 51 0.8× 33 0.9× 34 282
John Rink United Kingdom 9 173 0.9× 140 0.8× 87 0.9× 55 0.9× 32 0.9× 27 248
Pierre Boulez France 10 127 0.7× 68 0.4× 91 0.9× 52 0.8× 35 1.0× 56 259
William Drabkin United Kingdom 7 170 0.9× 92 0.5× 76 0.8× 41 0.7× 34 0.9× 57 262
Gerald Strang 2 109 0.6× 86 0.5× 66 0.7× 45 0.7× 19 0.5× 2 172
Jonathan W. Bernard 8 159 0.9× 63 0.4× 112 1.2× 22 0.3× 21 0.6× 32 221

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Rothstein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Rothstein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Caplin, William E., et al.. (2012). Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata (First Movement). Five Annotated Analyses for Performers and Scholars. 2 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2012). Tonal Structures in Bellini. Journal of Music Theory. 56(2). 225–283. 4 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2011). Metrical Theory and Verdi's Midcentury Operas. CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York). 5 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2008). Motive, Key, Sonorità, and Tinta in La forza del destino (1862). 1(35). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2008). Common-tone Tonality in Italian Romantic Opera. Music Theory Online. 14(1). 7 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2005). Like Falling off a Log. Music Theory Online. 11(1). 6 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (2005). Like Falling off a Log: Rubato in Chopin’s Prelude in Af Major (op. 28, no. 17). Music Theory Online. 11(1). 2 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1995). The Tristan Chord in Historical Context: A Response to John Rothgeb. Music Theory Online. 1(3). 4 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1995). The Tristan Chord in Historical Context. Music Theory Online. 1(3). 3 indexed citations
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Rink, John, Roy Howat, Eric Clarke, et al.. (1995). The Practice of Performance. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 54 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1991). On Implied Tones. Music Analysis. 10(3). 289–289. 15 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1990). The Americanization of Schenker Pedagogy?. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William & William S. Newman. (1989). Beethoven on Beethoven: Playing His Piano Music His Way. The Musical Times. 130(1757). 406–406. 4 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William, et al.. (1988). Heinrich Schenker: Nach Tagebuchern und Briefen in der Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection. Music Analysis. 7(2). 233–233. 2 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William & Walter Frisch. (1986). Brahms and the Principle of Developing Variation. Journal of Music Theory. 30(2). 284–284. 39 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1985). J. S. Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue: Critical Edition with Commentary Heinrich Schenker Hedi Siegel. Music Theory Spectrum. 7. 203–207. 2 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William, et al.. (1983). Introduction to the Theory of Heinrich Schenker: The Nature of the Musical Work of Art. Journal of Music Theory. 27(2). 273–273. 8 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William. (1981). Rhythm and the theory of structural levels. University Microfilms International eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Rothstein, William, et al.. (1980). Linear Structure in the Twelve-Tone System: An Analysis of Donald Martino's "Pianississimo". Journal of Music Theory. 24(2). 129–129. 5 indexed citations

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