Melody, harmony, tonality : a book for connoisseurs and amateurs / / E. Eugene Helm
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| Autore: |
Helm E. Eugene
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| Titolo: |
Melody, harmony, tonality : a book for connoisseurs and amateurs / / E. Eugene Helm
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 781.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Music - History and criticism |
| Music theory | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Melody, Harmony, Tonality; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Melody Is Pure but Not So Simple; Chapter 2 Harmony, Unlike Melody, Is Pure Only in Theory; Chapter 3 Our Usual Musical Menu Is Melody with Subsidiary Accompaniment; Chapter 4 Counterpoint Is a Harmonious Marriage of Independent Melodies; Chapter 5 Texture; Chapter 6 Special Mixtures of Texture; Chapter 7 East Is East Is Melody; West Is West Is Harmony; Chapter 8 The Universal Patterns of Melody: Melody Types; Chapter 9 Of the Earth, Earthy: Folk Music and its Role in Composition; Chapter 10 Improvisation Forever |
| Chapter 11 Melody and Harmony in NotationChapter 12 Canon, Free Imitation, Fugue: A Path to Musical Meaning; Chapter 13 Free Imitation: Canon with a Grain of Salt; Chapter 14 Fugue: The Whole Contrapuntal Bag of Tricks; Chapter 15 Harmony, the Governing Principle; Chapter 16 Music in Architecture; Chapter 17 Music in Astronomy; Chapter 18 Vibration, the New Paradigm; Chapter 19 The Harmonic Series; Chapter 20 Mapping the New Tonal Territory; Chapter 21 Tonality Is Still Here; Notes | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <span><span><span>The full range of Western music is explored through 21 concise chapters on such topics as melody, harmony, counterpoint, texture, melody types, improvisation, music notation, free imitation, canon and fugue, vibration and its relation to harmony, tonality, and the place of music in architecture and astronomy. Intended for amateurs and professionals, concert-goers and conductors, Helm offers in down-to-earth language an explanation of the foundations of our Western music heritage, deepening our understanding and the listening experience of it for all.</span></span></span> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Melody, harmony, tonality |
| ISBN: | 0-8108-8640-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787064803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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