SOUND PATTERNS
A Structural Examination of Tonality, Vocabulary, Texture,
Sonorities, and Time Organization in Western Art Music
by PHILLIP MAGNUSON
LARGER PERSPECTIVES
Introduction
One step back, five steps forward
The aim of this unit is to review concepts and examine new contexts for information from previous chapters. The familiar five elements upon which this text is based continue to be the focus: tonality, vocabulary, texture, sonority, and time organization. They explain much about Western music of the Common Practice Period and there is still much to learn about them.
Links to other units in Sound Patterns
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