Between modes and keys : German theory, 1592-1802
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Between modes and keys : German theory, 1592-1802
（Harmonologia series, no. 3）
Pendragon Press, c1989
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study of music theory examines in detail the persistence of modal thinking in German-speaking areas, which coexisted with major-minor principles, and its impact on German music from the Baroque through the High Classical period.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1, The Legacy of the Sixteenth Century
Chapter 2, German Theorists Before Lippius
Chapter 3, Johannes Lippius
Chapter 4, The Mid-Seventeenth Century
Chapter 5, Toward Twenty-Four Keys
Chapter 6, Twenty-Four Keys
Chapter 7, Mattheson's Aftermath
Chapter 8, The Persistence of Modal Theory
Chapter 9, Epilogue
Appendices
Index
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