Download or read book On the Origin of the Tone System and the Theory of Harmony written by Per-Olov Löwdin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies on the Origin of Harmonic Tonality written by Carl Dahlhaus and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Dahlhaus was without doubt the premier musicologist of the postwar generation, a giant whose recent death was mourned the world over. Translated here for the first time, this fundamental work on the development of tonality shows his complete mastery of the theory of harmony. In it Dahlhaus explains the modern concepts of harmony and tonality, reviewing in the process the important theories of Rameau, Sechter, Ftis, Riemann, and Schenker. He contrasts the familiar premises of chordal composition with the lesser known precepts of intervallic composition, the basis for polyphonic music in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Numerous quotations from theoretical treatises document how early music was driven forward not by progressions of chords but by simple progressions of intervals. Exactly when did composers transform intervallic composition into chordal composition? Modality into tonality? Dahlhaus provides extensive analyses of motets by Josquin, frottole by Cara and Tromboncino, and madrigals by Monteverdi to demonstrate how, and to what degree, such questions can be answered. In his bold speculations, in his magisterial summaries, in his command of eight centuries of music and writings on music, and in his deep understanding of European history and culture, Carl Dahlhaus sets a standard that will seldom be equalled. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Harmonic Experience written by W. A. Mathieu and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual. W. A. Mathieu, an accomplished author and recording artist, presents a way of learning music that reconnects modern-day musicians with the source from which music was originally generated. As the author states, "The rules of music--including counterpoint and harmony--were not formed in our brains but in the resonance chambers of our bodies." His theory of music reconciles the ancient harmonic system of just intonation with the modern system of twelve-tone temperament. Saying that the way we think music is far from the way we do music, Mathieu explains why certain combinations of sounds are experienced by the listener as harmonious. His prose often resembles the rhythms and cadences of music itself, and his many musical examples allow readers to discover their own musical responses.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone Relations written by Percy Goetschius and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theory of Harmony written by Arnold Schoenberg and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will come as a joy, a revelation, a warm reassurance. From this one book one might well learn less about harmony than about form, about aesthetics, even about life. Some will accuse Schoenberg of not concentrating on the topic at hand, but such an accusation, though well-founded, would miss the point of Theory of Harmony, because the heart and soul of the book is to be found in his vivid and penetrating digressions. They are the fascinating reflections of a great and humane musician who was a born writer as well. - from the book.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone Relations An Elementary Course of Harmony 1900 written by Percy Goetschius and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Theory of Harmony written by Matthew Shirlaw and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harmony Simplified written by Hugo Riemann and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone relations written by Percy Goetschius and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone Relations written by Percy Goetschius and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone relations a Condensed Course of Harmony Conducted Upon a Contrapuntal Basis written by Percy Goetschius and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to music theory and harmony. Perfect for music students and aspiring composers, this book covers all the fundamentals of music theory in a concise and accessible manner. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Harmony Simplified written by Hugo Riemann and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Tone Relations An Elementary Course of Harmony with Emphasis Upon the Element of Melody written by Percy Goetschius and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music written by Hermann von Helmholtz and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nature of Music written by Julius Klauser and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this work, the son of the noted musician, Karl Klauser, was one of the most profound, original and philosophical of American musical thinkers. He was born in 1854, and died in 1907. Stated as understandably as possible, his contention was that our harmonic system is really founded upon the tones embraced in the notes used in proceeding diatonically from the dominant to the seventh above (in the key of C--, G, A, B, C, D, E, F), rather than upon the tonic scale. According to his theories the harmony systems of the past are all in error. The way of the innovator is always hard, particularly an innovator with the sincerity and profundity of Julius Klauser. Whether his system is right or not, he has not, so far as our information goes, left a work which could be placed in the hands of the average student of harmony and lead to a practical knowledge of the workings of harmony and composition. Perhaps if Klauser had lived longer, he might have accomplished this. The writer of this review has taken the greatest possible interest in Klauser's writings, but he does not advise anyone but the most earnest and most advanced students to read them. To the musically uninitiated they can only bring confusion. -Etude: The Music Magazine, Volume 28 [1910] From CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING FIRST PRINCIPLES. 1. Questions Science has not yet fathomed the mystery of the origin and early evolutional stages of music. Our knowledge of the evolution of music is confined to the records of a few thousand years of history. Its history plainly shows that music has passed through progressive stages of evolution from simplicity to complexity. But how it began far back in the ages, the causes of its genesis, its shaping energies and forces, its essential nature, these and like questions still wait for a scientific solution. Sound emerges from and evanesces in silence. We assume that incalculable ages ago there was a time when music as yet unborn, unheard, lay dormant in silence, a mere potentiality. The evolutional study of music therefore begins with silence. All that is music is potential in and an evolution of an embryo, namely, the composite of elements upon the genesis of which depended the genesis of music. What is this composite? What are its elements? What is the principle or cause of their union? Where and how did and does this union take place? These are leading questions which confront us in this study. We investigate melody, rhythm, harmony, tonality, the tone-realm or tone-system. What are all these things? What is the origin and nature of each? Which are elements and which are composites? Which is the original and all-inclusive composite? the raison d'être of all the others, in short, the essence of music? Theoretical predilections or subjective bias cause some of us to give the supremacy to melody, others to harmony. We still speak and write about "the intimate connection between melody and harmony," about "harmonized melody" and "melodized harmony." All this plainly implies a common belief that melody and harmony are separable. Are they, have they ever been separable or separated? If not, one of the two is an element of the other. In fact, one of the two includes, is the raison d'être of the other. Which is it? Science has produced no final answers to these questions. Let anyone, musician or layman, consult the testimony of his unprejudiced inner feeling and experience of music and he will say with Mozart, "Melody is the essence of music." I quote Mozart because he was completely free from theoretical bias. He felt and knew this to be true, he felt and knew it instinctively just as we all do. In other words, the truth of this common testimony of common feeling has not been scientifically proved. Nor has it been disproved. Why not? Primarily because the nature of its source, that is, the nature of common music-feeling, has not been fathomed....
Download or read book Proceedings American Philosophical Society vol 135 No 4 1991 written by American Philosophical Society and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
