Dodds, Michael R. - From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory

Catalogue No: 9780199338153
Product FormatBook
AuthorDodds, Michael R.
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Pages512
Publication Date18 January 2024
ISBN9780199338153 (0199338159)
EAN9780199338153

    Provides the first comprehensive study of the transition from the Renaissance modes to the major and minor keys of the 18th century music history
  • Proposes a model for the transition from modes to keys
  • Illuminates the shift from vocal to keyboard ways of conceptualizing tonal space
  • Offers an in-depth survey of Western European music theory from the Middle Ages to 1800

From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory addresses one of the broadest and most elusive open topics in music history: the transition from the Renaissance modes to the major and minor keys of the high Baroque. Through deep engagement with the corpus of Western music theory, author Michael R. Dodds presents a model to clarify the factors of this complex shift.

Contents

  1. Epigraph
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Musical Examples
  5. List of Tables
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: A Model for Change in Modal Theory & Practice
  8. Chapter 2: A Brief Introduction to Modal Systems
  9. Chapter 3: Making Sense of Early Modern Modal Theory
  10. Chapter 4: The Tuoni in Italian Renaissance Theory
  11. Chapter 5: The Baroque Church Tones in Western European Theory
  12. Chapter 6: Two Modes
  13. Chapter 7: Organizing Schemes for the Two Modes
  14. Chapter 8: Changing Concepts of Tonal Space
  15. Chapter 9: Musical Circles and Labyrinths
  16. Bibliography
  17. Name Index
  18. General Index
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