| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014045106 |
| ISBN | 9781442237490 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9781442237506 (electronic book) |
