The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

The "Chromatic Fourth" is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyze over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartók, and from Schubert to Shostakovich.

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The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

The "Chromatic Fourth" is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyze over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartók, and from Schubert to Shostakovich.

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The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

by Peter F. Williams
The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

The Chromatic Fourth: During Four Centuries of Music

by Peter F. Williams

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The "Chromatic Fourth" is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyze over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartók, and from Schubert to Shostakovich.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198165637
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 03/28/1998
Series: Oxford Monographs on Music Series
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: 1540L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Madrigals, Songs, and Sacred Music
2. Pavanes and Fantasias
3. Laments and Operas
4. J.S. Bach
5. Handel to Haydn
6. Mozart
7. Beethoven
8. Pianists and Violinists
9. Nineteenth-Century Stage Music
10. Some Later Reminiscences
Postscript
List of References
Index

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