Towards Tonality: Aspects of Baroque Music Theory (Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute)

Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute 6"We have developed a tremendous amount of what might best be referred to as journalistic knowledge concerning the ways that musicians of earlier periods thought about musical structures. Now that we have that knowledge, what might we do with it?"—Joel LesterThe often complex connections and intersections between modal and tonal idioms and contrapuntal and harmonic organization during the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era are considered from various perspectives in Towards Tonality. Prominent musicians and scholars from a wide range of fields testify here to their personal understanding of this significant time of shifts in musical taste. This collection of essays is based on lectures presented during the conference "Historical Theory, Performance, and Meaning in Baroque Music," organized by the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory in Ghent, Belgium. Genres Of Music Theory, 1650-1750 / Thomas Christensen -- Science And Music, Or The Science Of Music : Some Little-known Examples Of Music Theory Between 1650 And 1750 / Penelope Gouk -- L'édition De La Polyphonie Française Du 17e Siè̀cle / Gérard Geay -- Towards A History Of Harmonic Tonality / Susan Mcclary -- Towards A History Of The Origin And Development Of The Rule Of The Octave / Markus Jans -- Thoroughbass As A Path To Composition In The Early Eighteenth Century / Joel Lester -- Giovanni Paolo Colonna And Petronio Franceschini : Building Acoustics And Compositional Style In Late Seventeenth-century Bologna / Marc Vanscheeuwijck. Thomas Christensen ... [et Al. ; Edited By Peter Dejans]. Includes Bibliographical References. Thomas Christensen Thomas Christensen -- Penelope Gouk Thomas Christensen -- Penelope Gouk -- Gérard Geay Thomas Christensen -- Penelope Gouk -- Gérard Geay -- Susan McClary Thomas Christensen -- Penelope Gouk -- Gérard Geay -- Susan McClary -- Markus Jans Thomas Christensen -- Penelope Gouk -- Gérard Geay -- Susan McClary -- Markus Jans -- Joel Lester Thomas Christensen-- Penelope Gouk-- Gérard Geay-- Susan McClary-- Markus Jans-- Joel Lester-- Marc Vanscheeuwijck. This is a collection of essays based on lectures presented at the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory on "Historical Theory, Performance, and Meaning in Baroque Music". The often complex connections and intersections between, e.g., modal and tonal idioms, contrapuntal and harmonic organisation, were considered from various perspectives as to the transition (towards tonality) from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie