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One of the most important books on contemporary music to appear in this century. Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamic sand ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition. "This is one of the most important books on contemporary music to appear in this century. Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth century. Mr. Persichetti examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamics and ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition. Book jacket."--Jacket "This is one of the most important books on contemporary music to appear in this century. Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth century. Mr. Persichetti examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamics and ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition."--Jaquette One of the most important books on contemporary music in the twentieth century. Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamic sand ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition. Contents 5 Foreword 8 One: Intervals 11 Two: Scale Materials 29 Three: Chords by Thirds 64 Four: Chords by Fourths 91 Five: Added-Note Chords 107 Six: Chords by Seconds 119 Seven: Polychords 133 Eight: Compound and Mirror Harmony 161 Nine: Harmonic Direction 180 Ten: Timing and Dynamics 210 Eleven: Embellishment and Transformation 228 Twelve: Key Centers 246 Thirteen: Harmonic Synthesis 269 Index of Composers 279 Subject Index 283

one Of The Most Important Books On Contemporary Music In The Twentieth Century.