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 c…
"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 interva…
"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 interva…
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 c…
"This fifth edition...marks the forty-fifth year of its successful use...The major departure of the fourth edition was the addition of seven new chapters, including four on the complicated subject of harmony after common practice...[enhanced] substance of the book intended to be…
Piston's Harmony teaches by demonstrating snapshots of particular harmonic practices from more or less standard classical pieces. These illustrations are then combined with variations on figured bass or melody harmonisation exercises.