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Oszkár Frank

Hangzó zeneelmélet II. – XIX. századi romantikus zene

Sounding Music Theory, 2nd volume - Romantic music of the 19th Century

The book deals with the harmonic language of Romantic music in the author’s characteristic methodical way. Explanations, short analyses and…

Harmony

Used by: University Of Debrecen (HUNGARY)

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Pieter C. Van den Toorn

The Music of Igor Stravinsky

The Music of Igor Stravinsky

The book is fundamental to the understanding of Stravinsky’s music, especially in relation to the Russian and neoclassical periods. It…

Music Analysis

Used by: University Of Debrecen (HUNGARY)

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Zoltán Gárdonyi

Elemző formatan

Analytical formal studies

Zoltán Gárdonyi’s work presents and explains the world of the musical forms of the classical masters with scientific thoroughness. Subject:…

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Used by: University Of Debrecen (HUNGARY)

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Zsolt Gárdonyi / Hubert Nordhoff / Boglárka Terray

Összhang és tonalitás

Harmony

Aspects of harmony and tonality between 16th and 20th century with nearly four hundred analysed quotations from the masterworks of…

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Ernő Lendvai

The Workshop of Bartók and Kodály

The Workshop of Bartók and Kodály

Theoretical methods show their value in that, like keys, they help to unlock hitherto unintelligible connections. Lendvai discovered the fact…

Music Analysis

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Ernő Lendvai

Verdi and Wagner

Verdi and Wagner

“It is only as we discover the modal dimensions of Verdi’s, Wagner’s, Liszt’s and Mussorgsky’s music that we realize just…

Music Analysis

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Lajos Bárdos

Selected Writings on Music

Selected Writings on Music

The author was active as a conductor, music-teacher, editor, composer and musicologist. The ingenuity of his writings on musical theory…

Music Analysis

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Ernő Lendvai / Miklós Szabó / Miklós Mohay

Symmetries of Music

Symmetries of Music

Beyond the arithmetical construction of the harmonic elements, the author directs attention to the physiological, historical and aesthetics grounds of…

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Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Ernő Lendvai

Verdi és a 20. század

Verdi and the 20. Century

Ernő Lendvai’s last and most ambitious monograph: extension of the musical theories developed by him (axis system, etc.) to the…

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Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Dénes Bartha

Beethoven és kilenc szimfóniája

Beethoven and his nine Symphonies

A complete harmonic, formal and other structural analysis of Beethoven’s symphonies, with accompanying articles with a very specific and original…

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Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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István Szelényi

A romantikus zene harmóniavilága

The Harmony of the Romantic Music

A wide review on the harmonic tendencies of the 19th century, facing till the end of the functional tonality.

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Arnold Schoenberg

Structural Functions of Harmony

Structural Functions of Harmony

This book is Schoenberg’s last completed theoretical work and represents his final thoughts on the subject of classical and romantic…

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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György Ligeti

Klasszikus összhangzattan

Classical Harmony

A wide review on the Viennese classical harmony for beginners, using the Kodályian relative sol-fa system.

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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Arnold Schoenberg

Harmonielehre

Theory of Harmony

Schoenberg’s well-known harmony-book is a wide review from the Viennese classicism to Schoenberg’s own era, as far as tonal music…

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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George Pratt

The Dynamics of Harmony

The Dynamics of Harmony

This book is a kind-of harmony book which shows the harmonic-functional tendencies with deep analysis. The examples are mainly taken…

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Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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H. K. Andrews

The Oxford Harmony

The Oxford Harmony

The Oxford Harmony is designed to give a complete practical course of instruction in all branches of the subject. It…

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)

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