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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: University of California Press; New Ed edition (1 Jul 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0520049446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0520049444
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal and illuminating, 28 Jan 2005
By Martin Turner "Martin Turner" (Marlcliff, Warwickshire, England) - See all my reviews
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Schoenberg's 'Theory of Harmony' is a wonderful and luminous book, which can be read by the non-musician as a theory of aesthetics, or used by the music student as a challenging but comprehensive course in harmonic technique.

Working from first principles, Schoenberg gives a tour de force exploring the development of Western harmony from the most basic properties of a vibrating string or a column of air.

Filled with musical examples, Schoenberg works up through the various properties of tonality and the scale, through strong chord progression, modulation and into the disorientating world of augmented chords into a fully 12 tone theory of harmony.

What is fascinating is that although Schoenberg himself is best known for his composition of 12 tone music, which, with all the best will in the world, is tedious listening at the best of times, his theory is primarily about the classical harmony of the Germanic tradition.

This book is flawed for two reasons. First, Schoenberg's science is actually wrong -- his physics of sound does not really account for the ideas which he tries to impose on it. In a sense this does not matter, since his ideas are muscially 'right'.
Secondly, although this is a magnificent work for developing structural skills in the German tradition, it does not really account for impressionistic writing of the French tradition, especially in the 20th century.

Fascinating nonetheless.

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for Theory of Harmomy., 21 Jul 1998
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It is historical book in theory of harmony area. The author wrote detailed explanation about each theory. All harmonic theories are expained in structural and systemic concept. All theories are constructed on the properties of frequency of sounds. I astonished at the systemic, logical explanation about the theory of harmony. The author wrote this book for the his students of composition lesson.

The author, Schoeng is the representative great real composer of twenty centry. It is well organized relatively to other text. It attach great importance to not only theory but also practice method of composing. The most superior stuff to other text is, reader will learn how to compose music by only following the text even beginner. It will be suitable for beginner, advanced student and teacher.

I strongly recommand this book if you have no chance to consider the ground of harmonic theory. Tis book will give the answers to you why many harmonic rules and theories must be! such like that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Theory of Harmony form traditional method to atonal method., 20 Jan 1998
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It deals with all harmony thoery from traditional theory to mordern atonal music such as twelve tone system. Traditional part is well organized relatively to other text. It attach great importance to not only theory but also practice of composing. The most superior stuff to other text is, reader will learn how to compose music by only following the text even beginner. It will be suitable for beginner, advanced student and teacher.
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