The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory (The Cambridge History of Music)

Publisher Description (unedited Publisher Data) The Cambridge History Of Western Music Theory Is The First Comprehensive History Of Western Music Theory To Be Published In The English Language. A Collaborative Project By Leading Music Theorists And Historians, The Volume Traces The Rich Panorama Of Music-theoretical Thought From The Ancient Greeks To The Present Day. Recognizing The Variety And Complexity Of Music Theory As An Historical Subject, The Volume Has Been Organized Within A Flexible Framework. Some Chapters Are Defined Chronologically Within A Restricted Historical Domain Whilst Others Are Defined Conceptually And Span Historical Periods. Together The Thirty-one Chapters Present A Synthetic Overview Of The Fascinating And Complex Subject That Is Historical Music Theory. Richly Enhanced With Illustrations, Graphics, Examples And Cross-citations, As Well As Being Thoroughly Indexed And Supplemented By Comprehensive Bibliographies Of The Most Important Primary And Secondary Literature, This Book Will Be An Invaluable Resource For Students And Scholars Alike. Library Of Congress Subject Headings For This Publication: Music Theory History. Mapping The Terrain / Leslie Blasius -- Musica Practica : Music Theory As Pedagogy / Robert W. Wason -- Epistemologies Of Music Theory / Nicholas Cook -- Greek Music Theory / Thomas J. Mathiesen -- The Transmission Of Ancient Music Theory Into The Middle Ages / Calvin M. Bower -- Medieval Canonics / Jan Herlinger -- Tuning And Temperament / Rudolf Rasch -- The Role Of Harmonics In The Scientific Revolution / Penelope Gouk -- From Acoustics To Tonpsychologie / Burdette Green And David Butler -- Music Theory And Mathematics / Catherine Nolan -- Notes, Scales And Modes In The Earlier Middle Ages / David E. Cohen -- Renaissance Modal Theory : Theoretical, Compositional And Editorial Perspectives / Cristle Collins Judd -- Tonal Organization In Seventeenth-century Music Theory / Gregory Barnett -- Dualist Tonal Space And Transformation In Nineteenth-century Musical Thought / Henry Klumpenhouwer -- Organum, Discantus, Contrapunctus In The Middle Ages / Sarah Fuller -- Counterpoint Pedagogy In The Renaissance / Peter Schubert -- Performance Theory / Albert Cohen -- Steps To Parnassus : Contrapuntal Theory In 1725 Precursors And Successors / Ian Bent -- Twelve-tone Theory / John Covach -- The Evolution Of Thythmic Notation / Anna Maria Busse Berger -- Theories Of Musical Rhythm In The Eithteenth And Nineteenth Centuries / William E. Caplin -- Rhythm In Twentieth-century Theory / Justin London -- Tonality / Brian Hyer -- Rameau And Eighteenth-century Harmonic Theory / Joel Lester -- Nineteenth-century Harmonic Theory : The Austro-german Legacy / David W. Bernstein -- Heinrich Schenker / William Drabkin -- Music And Rhetoric / Patrick Mccreless -- Form / Scott Burnham -- Thematic And Motivic Analysis / Jonathan Dunsby -- Energetics / Lee Rothfarb -- The Psychology Of Music / Robert Gjerdingen. Edited By Thomas Christensen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mapping the terrain / Leslie Blasius Musica practica : music theory as pedagogy / Robert W. Wason Epistemologies of music theory / Nicholas Cook Greek music theory / Thomas J. Mathiesen The transmission of ancient music theory into the Middle Ages / Calvin M. Bower Medieval cannonics / Jan Herlinger Tuning and temperament / Rudolf Rasch The role of harmonics in the scientific revolution / Penelope Gouk From acoustics to Tonpsychologie / Burdette Green and David Butler Music theory and mathematics / Catherine Nolan Notes, scales and modes in the earlier Middle Ages / David E. Cohen Renaissance modal theory : theoretical, compositional and editorial perspectives / Cristle Collins Judd Tonal organization in seventeenth-century music theory / Gregory Barnett Dualist tonal space and transformation in nineteenth-century musical thought / Henry Klumpenhouwer Organum, discantus, contrapunctus in the Middle Ages / Sarah Fuller Counterpoint pedagogy in the Renaissance / Peter Schubert Performance theory / Albert Cohen Steps to Parnassus : contrapuntal theory in 1725 precursors and successors / Ian Bent Twelve-tone theory / John Covach The evolution of rhythmic notation / Anna Maria Busse Berger Theories of musical rhythm in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / William E. Caplin Rhythm in twentieth-century theory / Justin London Tonality / Brian Hyer Rameau and eighteenth-century harmonic theory / Joel Lester Nineteenth-century harmonic theory : the Austro-German legacy / David W. Bernstein Heinrich Schenker / William Drabkin Music and rhetoric / Patrick McCreless Form / Scott Burnham Thematic and motivic analysis / Jonathan Dunsby Energetics / Lee Rothfarb The psychology of music / Robert Gjerdingen.