The Nature of Harmony and Metre (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Moritz Hauptmann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333178131 ISBN 13 : 9781333178130

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

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The knowledge to be acquired by him who is desirous of becoming a practical musician has been amply set forth in many treatises. Few have attempted to examine how the laws of music depend upon principles of the human mind, and how that form of musical expression which is true and correct must also be that which is natural to mankind, which is conformed to human reason, and which is consequently open to universal comprehension. Researches of this character will, as a rule, find less general acceptance than if they were directed towards strengthening the powers of execution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

At first harmony was simple, and simple rules sufficed. Afterwards new effects were discovered, which made new rules necessary and also modifications of the former ones. To take an early example from Hauptmann :at the time of Palestrina Seventh chords were not used, or very rarely, in vocal counterpoint; later it was discovered that under certain restrictions they might be freely used with advantage. But at the same time the employment of this greater dissonance was the reasori for certain other rules regarding the more delicate leading of voices in harmony being discarded ;the introduction of the greater contrasts made the lesser unimportant The final result was a body of rules, consistent indeed and not arbitrary, inasmuch as they formed in the aggregate a system, but still only gathered from experience and not illuminated or governed by any philosophic or scientific explanation. Various attempts have been made to supply such an explanation ;but the doctrine of harmony, though empirical, is simple, and the explanations mostly added intricacy without helping practice. Many partial or particular explanations have been given, that are interesting historically, and have also left their impression upon the musical system; but of none of the older theorists can it be said that he formed a system to supersede all others, or gave more than a partial glimpse of the central truth pervading harmony. Hauptmann sN ature of Harmony and Metre is a philosophical explanation of the received laws or principles of the art of music, aiming at equal simplicity with the laws themselves. It explains them by showing that the various rules and principles are derived from one law that pervades the whole; also that the i gradual development of music historically is the gradual embodiment of that law. and so may be said to be due to it; also that cvciy single phenomenon in music is a
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333178131
• ISBN 13: 9781333178130
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 402
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