Foundations of Modern Harmony
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Foundations of Modern Harmony

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Foundations of Modern Harmony

About this book

Translated into English for the first time, Foundations of Modern Harmony, by composer and music theorist Karel Janec̆ek, addresses the analysis and composition of music not based on the tonal harmony that was common language until the early 20th century. Discussing this newer music requires a vocabulary in which all combinations of notes, or chords, can be named. Janec̆ek developed his theory of modern harmony over many years. In this book, he classifies chords according to their intervallic structure, their possible arrangements, and then based on their consonance and dissonance. His focus on what we hear leads to a discussion of “imaginary” pitches, those that are still heard after they are no longer sounding.

Dealing with such issues as harmonizing a melody, resolving dissonant chords, and the formation and extinction of a sense of the tonic, Janeček’s work is an exciting complement to the theories of Schoenberg and Hindemith. His discussion of harmonic motion leads to the consideration of harmonic function, of establishing the tonic, of modulation, of atonal composition, and of static and kinetic conceptions of harmony. First published in 1965, Janeček’s concerns are of continuing importance to music theorists and composers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyrighy
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Editor’s Preface
  9. Preface
  10. Chapter I – The Harmonic Material of the Tempered Chromatic System
  11. Chapter II – Sonic Characteristics of the Harmonic Material
  12. Chapter IIIa – Classification of the Harmonic Material
  13. Chapter IIIb – Triadic Combinations
  14. Chapter IV – Disposition of Chords
  15. Chapter V – Expression of Chords
  16. Chapter VIa – Harmonic Motion: Concepts and Principles
  17. Chapter VIb – Harmonic Motion: Functions and their Combinations
  18. Chapter VIc – Harmonic Motion: Function in Harmonic Progression
  19. Chapter VII – Problems
  20. Chapter VIII – Compositional Practice
  21. Chapter IX – Analytical Practice
  22. Tables and Overviews
  23. Bibliography
  24. Sources of Examples from Contemporary Music
  25. Zusammenfassung
  26. Karel Janecek: Additional Notes to Some Phenomena of Harmonic and Tonal Thinking
  27. Vladimír Tich: Order, System, Structure, Function and Mutual Interplay of Theory and Practice
  28. References
  29. Subject Index
  30. Name Index