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Author Wyschnegradsky, Ivan, 1893-1979, author.

Title Manual of quarter-tone harmony / Ivan Wyschnegradsky ; edited by Noah Kaplan ; translated by Rosalie Kaplan.

Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Underwolf Editions, 2017.
©2017

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  MT50 .W996 2017    Available  
Description xi, 31 pages : music ; 26 cm
Note "Originally published in 1980 as Manuel d'harmonie à quarts de ton by Éditions Max Eschig (M.E. 8414)."--Title page verso.
Wyschnegradsky was a pioneer in the field of composing with microtones. He originally published his manual on developing harmony with microtones in 1932. This English-language version is an important addition to the literature. With a foreword by Noah Kaplan, preface by the author, and appendix.
Contents Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. Preliminary concepts ; New intervals -- Part I. Altered ornaments ; Chromatic passing tones ; Quarter-tone altered chords ; Modulations to new keys -- Part II. Artificial quarter-tone scales ; The free use of quarter tones -- Appendix: Acoustic basis of the quarter-tone system.
Subject Harmony.
Harmony.
Microtones.
Microtones.
Microtonal music -- Instruction and study.
Microtonal music.
Added Author Kaplan, Noah, 1984- editor.
Kaplan, Rosalie, translator.
Added Title Manuel d'harmonie à quarts de ton. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019025790
ISBN 0692883746
9780692883747
Standard No. 9780692883747
Music No. 1 Underwolf Editions