HARMONY Education Manual MB 557 by Piston, Walter - 1948

Washington, DC: United States Armed Forces Institute. Good+. 1948. Reprint. Paperback. Paper Covers. A small portion of the spine lettering has been rubbed off, but the title is still legible. Spine and a large part of the back cover are a little age-darkened, but covers are clean with very minor wear except for the spine, as previously stated, and a wrinkled upper fore corner on the front cover. The upper fore corners of the first several pages are also wrinkled, otherwise the contents are clean, unworn. ; 9-1/4" Tall, VI + 344pp. Light tan paper covers with black spine and front cover lettering. This volume was reprinted for the USAFI by W. W. Norton in 1948. Index. Jam-packed with musical examples. MUSIC. "The aim of this book is to present as concisely as possible the harmonic common practice of composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rules ae announced as observations reported, without attempt at their justification on aesthetic grounds or as laws of nature. The written exercises should be performed as exemplificatio ns of the common practice of composers and not as efforts in creative composition. The author believes that through these principles, a prompt and logical grasp of the subject will be achieved. " There are 25 chapters, including: Scales and intervals; Triads; Harmonic rhythm; the six-four chord; Cadences; Irregular resolutions; The complete dominant ninth; The raised supertonic and submediant; The Neapolitan sixth; Other chromatic chords. .