Thinking About Harmony

Focusing on music written in the period 1800-1850, Thinking about Harmony traces the responses of observant musicians to the music that was being created in their midst by composers including Beethoven, Schubert, and Chopin. It tells the story of how a separate branch of musical activity - music analysis - evolved out of the desire to make sense of the music, essential both to its enlightened performance and to its appreciation. The book integrates two distinct areas of musical inquiry - the history of music theory and music analysis - and the various notions that shape harmonic theory are put to the test through practical application, creating a unique and intriguing synthesis. Aided by an extensive compilation of carefully selected and clearly annotated music examples, readers can explore a panoramic projection of the era's analytical responses to harmony, thereby developing a more intimate rapport with the period.

ISBN 052188814X   Pages 342 ISBN13 9780521888141 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 810 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Hardback   Height (mm) 247 Publication date 17 Apr 2008   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress MT92   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 781.25   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Chord identification		1
2		Chordal embellishment		31
3		Parallel and sequential progressions		58
4		Harmonic progression		85
5		Chordal hierarchy		113
6		Modulation to closely related keys		139
7		Chromatic chords: diminished/augmented		166
8		Chromatic chords: major and minor		198
		Biographies of music theorists		244
		Notes and references		287
		Select bibliography of secondary literature		322
		Index		328

"...I can highly recommend this oustanding volume to the curious reader...'Thinking About Harmony' is very good indeed." --Geary H. Larrick

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