| Description |
207 pages : music ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202) and index. |
| Contents |
Antecedents. European theories of harmony in the United States in the nineteenth century ; States in the nineteenth century ; The German theorists : Gottfried Weber, Ernst Friedrich Richter, Immanuel Faisst ; The Victorian theorists : Alfred Day, Rev. Sir F.A. Gore Ouseley, Ebenezer Prout -- Percy Goetschius. The theory of tone-relations ; Diatonic harmony, theory of harmonic progression ; Altered and mixed chords, modulation ; Nonharmonic tones -- An age of synthesis : 1897-1939. American harmony texts, 1897-1905 : George Chadwick, Arthur Foote and Walter Spalding, Francis York, Benjamin Cutter ; Followers of Goetschius : Franklin Robinson, Donald Tweedy, George Wedge ; The problem of transient modulation -- An age of observation : 1939-1966. Walter Piston and his influence ; Continuation of the Goetschius tradition : Allen McHose ; The influence of Heinrich Schenker : William Mitchell, Allen Forte. |
| Subject |
Harmony -- United States -- History.
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Harmony. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Music theory -- United States -- History.
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Music theory. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Thompson, David M. History of harmonic theory in the United States. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©1980 (OCoLC)639385767 |
| ISBN |
0873382463 |
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9780873382465 |
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