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 | Is tonic prolongation truly necessary to create a sense of "presentation function"? | |
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| Certainly the conventions of the sentence, as it developed throughout the Baroque and classical periods, were associated with specific tonal dynamics | |
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| and in general, the "loosening" of tonal expression in the 19th and 20th centuries involved a corresponding "loosening" of phrase-structure conventions. | |
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| But the sentence as a compositional impulse does not DEPEND upon tonality! | |
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| Indeed, the primary elements of the form the proportional relationship and the form functional relationship can be suggested quite clearly without traditional tonal patterns. | |
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| I blame the patriarchy! | |
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