Harmonic Function in Chromatic Music: A Renewed Dualist Theory and an Account of Its Precedents

Harrison, Daniel

The highly chromatic music of the late 1800s and early 1900s includes some of the best-known works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Cesar Franck, and Hugo Wolf. In this book, Daniel Harrison builds on nineteenth-century music theory to provide an original and illuminating method for analyzing chromatic music. Combining theoretical innovations with a sound historical understanding, "Harmonic Function in Chromatic Music" will aid anyone studying this pivotal period of Western music history.

EAN

9780226318097

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

15 October 2010

Pages

352