The modes of classical vocal polyphony : described according to the sources, with revisions by the author

The modes of classical vocal polyphony : described according to the sources, with revisions by the author / Bernhard Meier ; translated by Ellen S. Beebe.

Author/creator	Meier, Bernhard, 1923-1993
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Broude Brothers Limited, 1988.
Description	484 pages : music ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Tonality. Part songs--History and criticism. Part songs, Sacred--History and criticism. Music theory--History --16th century. Music theory--History --17th century.

Uniform title	Tonarten der klassischen Vokalpolyphonie. English
Contents	Part 1. Principles. The significance of modal theory and the scope of its validity -- A basic definition of the modes: their names, their number, and the differences between them -- The modal structure of polyphonic compositions A voce piena: polyphonic authentic and polyphonic plagal modes -- Cadences: Stylistic analysis and modal rank -- Musical ranges and cadence plans of the authentic and plagal polyphonic modes -- The characteristics of modal melodic composition -- Part 2. The modes as a means of word expression. Introduction -- Deviations from the rules of the mode: the clausula peregrina -- Modal change in the true sense: mixture and commixture of modes -- Modally irregular exordia and endings -- Observance of the mode as a means of word expression -- Examples of modally irregular procedure throughout an entire work -- On the affective characteristics of the modes -- "Major" and "minor" chords in sixteenth-century music.
General note	Revised translation of: Die Tonarten der klassischen Vokalpolyphonie.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-447) and indexes.
LCCN	88187648
ISBN	0845070258
ISBN	9780845070253

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Music Stacks	ML3811 .M4313 1988	✔ Available	Place Hold