Treatise on Harmony Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rameau, Jean-Philippe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486224619 ISBN-13: 9780486224619 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1971 Annotation: One of most important books in Western music. Detailed explanation of principles of diatonic harmonic theory. New 1971 translation by Philip Gossett of 1722 edition. Many musical examples. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory - Music | Instruction & Study - Composition |
Dewey: 781.3 |
LCCN: 79122776 |
Series: Dover Books on Music |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.13" W x 9.23" (1.64 lbs) 512 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Trait de l'harmonie of Jen-Philippe Rameau is one of the most important books in the history of Western music. Written while Rameau was still a relatively obscure organist and music master at Clermont-Ferrand, the book received but one printing during Rameau's life, in 1722, shortly before he settled in Paris. The Trait was immediately recognized as a profound advance in musical theory, however, and it established Rameau's reputation as a theorist. His book was the first to codify those principles of tonality that were to dominate the music of the West for almost two centuries. Even today the theories of Rameau remain the basis for the study of harmony. |