The past ten years have seen a proliferation of undergraduate music theory textbooks-most of which are revisions of earlier editions-that fall into two categories: those that integrate written work, listening, and ear training, such as The Complete Musician by Steven Laitz or The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis by Jane Clendinning and Elizabeth Marvin, and those devoted solely to tonal harmony such as Revisiting Music Theory by Alfred Blatter, Harmony in Context by Miguel Roig-Francol, or Harmony and Voice Leading by Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter, and Allen Cadwallader.
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