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Towards Tonality: Aspects of Baroque Music Theory

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Towards Tonality is a collection of essays based on lectures presented at the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory on "Historical Theory, Performance, and Meaning in Baroque Music." The often complex connections and intersections between, e.g., modal and tonal idioms, contrapuntal and harmonic organisation, were considered from various perspectives as to the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. Contents: Thomas Christensen Genres of Music Theory, 1650-1750 Penelope Gouk Science and Music, or the Science of Music: Some Little-known Examples of "Music Theory" between 1650 and 1750 Gerard Geay L'edition de la polyphonie francaise du 17e siecle Susan McClary Towards a History of Harmonic Tonality Markus Jans Towards a History of the Origin and Development of the Rule of the Octave Joel Lester Thoroughbass as a Path to Composition in the Early Eighteenth Century Marc Vanscheeuwijck Giovanni Paolo Colonna and Petronio Franceschini: Building Acoustics and Compositional Style in Late Seventeenth-Century Bologna

Language: English

Pages: 204

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Release: March 23, 2007

ISBN: 9058675874

ISBN 13: 9789058675873

Towards Tonality: Aspects of Baroque Music Theory

3/5 ( ratings)

Towards Tonality is a collection of essays based on lectures presented at the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory on "Historical Theory, Performance, and Meaning in Baroque Music." The often complex connections and intersections between, e.g., modal and tonal idioms, contrapuntal and harmonic organisation, were considered from various perspectives as to the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. Contents: Thomas Christensen Genres of Music Theory, 1650-1750 Penelope Gouk Science and Music, or the Science of Music: Some Little-known Examples of "Music Theory" between 1650 and 1750 Gerard Geay L'edition de la polyphonie francaise du 17e siecle Susan McClary Towards a History of Harmonic Tonality Markus Jans Towards a History of the Origin and Development of the Rule of the Octave Joel Lester Thoroughbass as a Path to Composition in the Early Eighteenth Century Marc Vanscheeuwijck Giovanni Paolo Colonna and Petronio Franceschini: Building Acoustics and Compositional Style in Late Seventeenth-Century Bologna

Language: English

Pages: 204

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Release: March 23, 2007

ISBN: 9058675874

ISBN 13: 9789058675873

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