Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index.
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 (1) -- The classical style (2) -- 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 others -- 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.
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