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.
The Kodály-dominant chord
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: 33 Two-Part Exercises, Epigrams, Jesus and the Traders, Laudes Organi Year of creation: 1934, 1954, 1955, 1966 Composer's name: Zoltán Kodály Methods of analysis: Structural analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Advanced
Study cycle: Bachelor, Master
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