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Author Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.

Title Twentieth-century harmony : creative aspects and practice / by Vincent Persichetti
Edition [First edition]
Published London : Faber and Faber ; New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton, [1961]
©1961

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 MELB  781.20904 Per/Tch 1961  DUE 13-05-24
Description 287 pages : music ; 24 cm
Contents Intervals -- Scale materials -- Chords by thirds -- Chords by fourths -- Added-note chords -- Chords by seconds -- Polychords -- Compound and mirror harmony -- Harmonic direction -- Timing and dynamics -- Embellishment and transformation -- Key centers -- Harmonic synthesis
Notes "Provides for the first time an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in the music of the first half of the twentieth century" -- C.p. of Norton ed
Includes indexes
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Composition (Music)
Harmony.
LC no. 61005615
ISBN 0393095398