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The Dynamics of Harmony: Principles and Practice

by George Pratt

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This is a readable and imaginative book presenting, with infectious enthusiasm, a sensible simplification of the main processes of classical harmony in the Bach-Schubert period. George Pratt''s explanations of concepts such as ''real'' and ''substit... Read more
This is a readable and imaginative book presenting, with infectious enthusiasm, a sensible simplification of the main processes of classical harmony in the Bach-Schubert period. George Pratt''s explanations of concepts such as ''real'' and ''substitute'' chords. of false distinctions between''major'' and ''minor'' and of the simple basis of seemingly complex chromatic harmony enables readers to grasp the principles of harmonic progression, and to see most progressions as a form of ''dominant-powered'' movement.He focuses his study on Bach chorales, Mozart piano sonatas, and a Schubert song cycle, thereby providing depth, variety and a realistic sense of a context of ''real music'' to his explanations and to the exercises. But he also offers the reader an immediate invitation to apply the same principlesto an immense range of musical literature from Monteverdi to Scott Joplin. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.39 in
Print pages160
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date April 30, 1999
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198790204
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George Pratt
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George J. Pratt, Ph.D., and Peter T. Lambrou, Ph.D., are licensed clinical psychologists. Dr. Pratt is Chairman of Psychology and Dr. Lambrou is Chairman of the Task Force for Psychology and Integrati...

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