Persichetti, V
Twentieth Century Harmony
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393095395
- author:
- Persichetti, V
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1961
- Pages:
- 287
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 17.4 x 2.6 cm
- Genre:
- Music
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
For music students and professionals seeking to understand the harmonic procedures of 20th-century music, this book provides an orderly presentation of key concepts.
The author examines intervals in various contexts, discusses modes and scales used in modern music, and describes chord formation and use. He also explores different types of harmonic motion, rhythm, and ornamentation, as well as harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality, and serial composition.
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