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Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second Edition

Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second Edition

Perle, George

Hardcover

Music ReferenceMusic Theory

ISBN10: 0520201426
ISBN13: 9780520201422
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Jul 23 1996
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.66
Height: 0.85 Width: 7.23 Depth: 10.32
Language: English
In this classic work, George Perle argues that the seemingly disparate styles of post-triadic music in fact share common structural elements. These elements collectively imply a new tonality as natural and coherent as the major-minor tonality that was the basis of a common musical language in the past. His book describes the foundational assumptions of this post-diatonic tonality and illustrates its compositional functions with numerous musical examples.

The second edition of Twelve-Tone Tonality is enlarged by eleven new chapters, some of which are postscripts to earlier chapters--clarifying, elucidating, and expanding upon concepts discussed in the original edition. Others discuss new developments in the theory and practice of twelve-tone tonality, including voice-leading implications of the system and dissonance treatment.

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