Twelve-Tone Tonality

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.

ISBN:	9780520201422
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	23 Jul 1996
DEWEY:	781.268
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	760g
Height:	187mm
Width:	262mm
Spine width:	23mm

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