A GTTM Analysis of Manolis Kalomiris' “Chant du Soir”

This paper contains the analysis of a small piano piece by Manolis Kalomiris, chief representative of the composers of the Greek National School. Typical of the piece is its modal harmony and the lack of the “tonic” V-I cadence. However, in this analysis, a substitute for this is projected and the time-span reduction and prolongational trees are constructed with the more “stable” notes of the corresponding modes in mind. The result implies the possibility of applying the perceptual analytical model of the Generative Theory of Tonal Music to not strictly tonal pieces, but tonal in a broader way of thinking.