Towards Tonality: Aspects of Baroque Music Theory

by Penelope Gouk and Thomas Street Christensen

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058675874
• ISBN13: 9789058675873
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher