Description |
1 online resource (xx, 458 pages) |
Contents |
Some matters of terminology and other preliminaries -- The recognition of key -- Tonal balance and minor tonality : the use of sequences; dissonance -- The rule of the octave : harmony and rhythm -- The enhanced tonic : fugal technique and tonality -- Complex key -- The classical style -- The classical style -- Classical to romantic : Beethoven and Schubert -- The romantic era (1) : Chopin, Brahms and Mendelssohn -- The romantic era (2) : the age of Wagner -- The perception of music -- The twentieth century (1) : the palette of Debussy -- The twentieth century (2) : themes and theories in the music of Stravinsky and some other composers -- The twentieth century (3) : techniques and treatises : Bartók, Hindemith, and others -- Saturday night and Sunday morning -- Two cultures -- Mediæval to Renaissance -- Renaissance to Baroque -- Back to the future |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Music -- History and criticism.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Music
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021676910 |
ISBN |
9781442237506 |
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1442237503 |
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9781442237506 |
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