Williams, Peter - The Chromatic Fourth During Four Centuries of Music

The `Chromatic Fourth' is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyse over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartok, and from Schubert to Shostakovich.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Madrigals, Songs, and Sacred Music
2 Pavanes and Fantasias
3 Laments and Operas
4 J.S. Bach
5 Handel to Haydn
6 Mozart
7 Beethoven
8 Pianists and Violinists
9 Nineteenth-Century Stage Music
10 Some Later Reminiscences
Postscript
List of References
Index

Series	Oxford Monographs on Music