A theory of harmony : with a new introduction by Paul Wilkinson / Ernst Levy ; edited by Siegmund Levarie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Ernst, 1895-1981, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harmony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Summary:

The classic work on Levy's theory of negative harmony.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

New Introduction

Axis/Centrifugal Point

Generating New Harmony

Telluric Adaptation

Generating New Scales

Overtone Scale

Polytonality and Superimposition

Interpretation of Sound

Tracing Origins

The Man and his Music

Editor's Preface to the First Edition

Pitch Designations

Foreword to the First Edition

1. Tone Structure

2. Polarity

3. The Triad

4. Consonance-Dissonance

5. The Natural Seventh

6. Temperament

7. Tonal Functions of Intervals

8. Tonal Functions of Triads

9. Tonal Functions of Nontriadic and Compound Chords

Class I: Indeterminate Chords

Class II B, 1: Determinate Chords with Several Not Coordinated Generators

Class II B, 2: Determinate Chords with Several Coordinated Generator

Summary

Appendices

A. Examples to Chapter 8

B. Comments on the Text by Hugo Kauder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Levy, Ernst A Theory of Harmony

ISBN:

9781438496320