- Description
- xxv, 240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Harmonologia series ; no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Harmonologia series ; no. 3.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00
- Contents
- Introduction. History and the historian ; The modes and modal terminology ; Modes versus keys ; Solmization and its terminology ; Harmonic and arithmetic division ; Tuning systems -- Legacy of the sixteenth century modal theory in Glarean [Glareanus] and Zarlino -- German theorists before Lippius. Sethus Calvisius ; German modal theory around 1600 ; Growing recognition of the triad -- Johannes Lippius. Modes -- Mid-seventeenth century. Johann Crüger as transmitter of Lippius's theories ; The maintenance of traditional modal theory -- Toward twenty-four keys. The church keys ; Expanded listings of keys ; Andreas Werckmeister ; Evolution from the modes -- Twenty-four keys. French and English presentations of the keys ; German works -- Mattheson's aftermath. Buttsett's response ; The Orchestre defended ; Die Orchestre-Kanzeley -- The persistence of modal theory. Walther's Lexicon and its influence ; The mid and late eighteenth century -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Translation of articles from Clavis ad thesaurum magnae artis musicae by Thomas Balthasar Janowka ; Appendix 2. Mattheson's tuning system ; Appendix 3. Translations from Gradus ad parnassum by Johann Joseph Fux ; Appendix 4. Translation of the article Modus musicus from the Lexicon of Johann Gottfried Walther.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 87014864
- OCLC
- 15860226
- Author
Lester, Joel.
- Title
Between modes and keys : German theory, 1592-1802 / by Joel Lester.
- Imprint
Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, 1989.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Harmonologia series ; no. 3
Harmonologia series ; no. 3.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Terms Of Use
Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. Uk
- Chronological Term
1600-1799
- Indexed Term
Composition (Music)
Geschichte 1592-1802
Music theory History 17th century Germany
Music theory History 18th century Germany