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Author:   Bella Brover-Lubovsky
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.785kg
ISBN:  

9780253351296

ISBN 10:   0253351294
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   25 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Editorial Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction Part 1. Estro armonico 1. Vivaldi's ""Harmony"" and the Paradox of Historical Recognition 2. Theory of Tonal Organization in Eighteenth-Century Italy Part 2. Key and Mode 3. Tonality and Key Characteristics 4. Modal Implications in Tonal Organization 5. The Interaction of Major and Minor Modes 6. Functioning of Tonality in Large-Scale Composition Part 3. Harmony and Syntax 7. Lament Bass 8. Sequence 9. Pedal Point 10. Cadence Part 4. Tonal Structure 11. General Premises 12. Functioning of Harmonic Degrees in Tonal Structure 13. Tonal Structure and the Choice of Tonality 14. Tonal Structure in Cyclic Compositions Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index"

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This will be a significant contribution to Vivaldi studies and 17th- and 18th-century harmonic and compositional theory... It opens a new and necessary chapter in the scholarship on Vivaldi. Massimo Ossi, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

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Bella Brover-Lubovsky is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theory and Composition, Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, and a lecturer and reseach fellow in the Department of Musicology, Hebrew University.

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