| Contents |
From tonality to atonality -- Building a twelve-tone series -- Musical themes in a twelve-tone series -- Series forms. Original ; Retrograde ; Inversion ; Retrograde-inversion -- Creating vertical patterns. Two-part composition ; Three-part composition ; Four-part composition -- Transposing a series -- Symetric series -- All-interval series -- Harmony. chords: tonic, dominant, subdominant ; Tonality ; Cadence -- Chord-foreign notes. Passing notes ; Alternation note; ; Anticipation ; Retardation ; Suspension -- Tension and resolution, Consonance and dissonance ; Tonality ; Atonality ; Diatonic ; Chromatic -- Intervals -- Scales. Chromatic ; Whole-tone ; Major ; Minor ; Minor melodic ; Gypsy or Oriental ; Chinese or Pentatonic -- Transposition -- Demonstration of various terms. Polytonality ; Horizontal ; Vertical ; Homophony ; Polyphony -- Retrograde mirror form. |
| General note | Introductory note by Franz Brenn and texts of the recording ([15] p.) from original container. |
| General note | Musical examples, composed by Nelhybel, played by woodwind quartet. |
| Performer |
Narrated by William Geib. |
