Composition, Chromaticism and the Developmental Process : A New Theory of Tonality (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Prologue: a personal reflection; Introduction; 11-pitch-class tonality; The modal gamut in the 16th century; Tonality and systems in the 17th and early 18th centuries; Tonality and systems in the mid- to late-18th century: the classical ideal; 19th century approaches to 11-pitch-class systems derived from the Viennese classical tradition; 11-pitch-class systems in the music of mid- to late-19th century Romantic composers; The Romantic avant garde and the rumblings of Modernism; Bibliography; Index.