Tonality and musical structure / Graham George
1970, First Edition. London : Faber. Review copy. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #476600
ISBN: 0571084680
Physical description; 231 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index. Contents; Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: A theory of interlocking structures -- Types of structures -- Baroque dramatic structures -- Classical dramatic structure -- Wagner's music-drama -- Post-Wagnerian opera -- Part II: A theory of tonality in instrumental music -- Baroque and classical structures: Classical sonata form ; Fugue: J.S. Bach ; Beethoven ; Rondeau/Rondo: Baroque rondeau ; Classical rondo ; The baroque concerto ; The classical concerto: Haydn and Mozart ; Beethoven -- Interlocking variation form -- Beethoven's last quartets -- Brahms' instrumental music -- Part III: The principles of progressive tonality -- Mahler -- Hindemith -- Mozart -- Nielsen -- Conclusion. Subjects; Tonality. Musical form. Composition (Music).
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