One of the most important books on contemporary music in the twentieth century.
Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamic sand ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition.
By:
Vincent Persichetti Imprint: WW Norton & Co Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 163mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 539g ISBN:9780393095395 ISBN 10: 0393095398 Pages: 288 Publication Date:08 January 2010 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active