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Harmony / edited and annotated by Oswald Jonas ; translated by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Author/creator Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935
Format Book and Print
Publication Info[Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, [1954]
Descriptionxxxii, 359 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleNeue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien. v. 1. Harmonielehre. English
Contents PART I. THEORETICAL APPLICATION -- Division I. Tonal systems: their origin and differentiation with regard to position and purity [Section I. The origin of tonal systems {I. The natural tonal system (major) -- II. The artificial tonal system (minor) -- III. The other systems (church modes)} -- Section II. The differentiation of the tonal system with regard to position and purity {I. Transpositions -- II. Combinations}] -- Division II. Theory of intervals and harmonies [Section I. Theory of intervals {I. The construction of intervals -- II. The meaning of the intervals in modulation -- III. Inversion of intervals -- IV. Classification of intervals} -- Section II. Theory of scale-steps {I. Scale-steps and harmony -- II. Scale-step and counterpoint -- III. Critique of current methods of teaching in the light of our theory of the scale-step} -- Section III. Theory of triads {I. Classification of triads -- II. The modulatory meaning of triads -- III. Inversion of triads} -- Section IV. Theory of seventh-chords {I. Nature of the seventh-chord -- (Chapters II-IV)} -- Section V. The so-called dominant ninth-chord and other higher chords {I. The so-called dominant ninth-chord -- II. The remaining ninth-chords and higher chords}] -- PART II. PRACTICAL APPLICATION -- Division I. Theory of the motion and succession of scale-steps [Section I. On the psychology of contents and of step progression {I. Scale-steps and contents -- II. On different kinds of conclusions -- III. Various kinds of step progression -- IV. On form on a larger scale} -- Section II. On the psychology of chromatic alteration {I. Scale-steps and valuation theory -- II. The process of chromatization (tonicalization) -- III. Alteration as a modification of tonicalization -- IV. Relations between chromatic change and diatonic system} -- Section III. Some corollaries of the theory of scale-steps in free composition {I. Anticipation -- II. Suspension -- III. The changing note -- IV. The pedal point}] -- Division II. Theory of the progression of keys [Section I. Theory of modulation {I. Modulation by changing the meaning of a scale-step -- II. Modulation by chromatic change -- III. Modulation by enharmonic change} -- Section II. The theory of modulating and preludizing] -- Appendix to "Harmony" -- Appendix to Introduction -- Works of Heinrich Schenker -- Index of the music examples -- Index.
General noteTranslation of Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien, 1. Bd., Harmonielehre.
Bibliography note"Works of Heinrich Schenker": page 353.
LCCN 54011213

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