An orderly presentation of harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamic sand ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition.
Formal and Harmonic Coherence in Franz Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 in B Minor
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: Ballade No. 2 in B minor S.171 Year of creation: 1853 Composer's name: Franz Liszt Methods of analysis: Conventional / Traditional analysis, Formal analysis, Other, Structural analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Advanced, Intermediate
Study cycle: Bachelor, Master, PhD and professional
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