Edward Aldwell (January 30, 1938 – May 28, 2006) was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue. He was particularly renowned for his

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. As a theorist, he was an expert in Schenkerian analysis, and he was the co-author (with Carl Schachter) of one of the standard theory textbooks used throughout the United States, ''Harmony and Voice Leading'' (first published in 1979). While driving an all-terrain vehicle, on May 7, 2006, near his country home in Kerhonkson, New York, he suffered serious injuries when it overturned. He died from those injuries in Valhalla, New York, three weeks later.Daniel J. Wakin (June 3, 2006)
"Edward Aldwell, 68, Pianist and Teacher of Music Theory, Is Dead"
''The New York Times''.

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The Edward Aldwell Center in Jerusalem
1938 births 2006 deaths American music theorists Musicians from Portland, Oregon Musicians from Rochester, New York Road incident deaths in New York (state) People from Valhalla, New York 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American musicologists American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians {{US-pianist-stub