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Description

1. ix, 257 pages : illustrations (black and white), music; 24 cm

Summary

1. "This book traces the formation of the discipline of harmony at the Paris Conservatory, focusing on the seminal work of Charles-Simon Catel, and outlines the processes that would determine the content and scope of the discipline for much of the nineteenth century"--

Subject

1. Catel, Charles-Simon, 1773-1830
2. Conservatoire national supérieur de musique > History > 19th century
3. Conservatoire national supérieur de musique
4. 1800-1899
5. Harmony > History > 19th century
6. Music theory > History > 19th century
7. Music > Instruction and study > History > France > Paris > 19th century
8. Harmony
9. Music > Instruction and study
10. Music theory
11. Music
12. France > Paris

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. I. Institutional power and disciplinary pretexts. The Institutional Authorization of Catel's Harmonic Theory and the Reconciliation of Fundamental Bass Theory with Figured Bass Practice ; The Institutional Sources of Catel's (Contested) Authority -- II. The Cours d'harmonie as coordination of disciplinary technologies. Disciplinary Networks : Sources and Structures of the Cours d'Harmonie ; Reconstructing the Theory, Pedagogy, and Method of the Early Cours d'Harmonie ; Harmony's Boundaries and the Internalization of Disciplinary Norms -- III. The transmission and midcentury revision of disciplinary (and generic) structures. Tonalité, Modulation, and Alteration : Catel Reception at Midcentury ; Tonal Redaction as Generic Convention in the Traité Complet Théorique et Pratique.

Call number

1. JME 23-356

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.

Author

1. Masci, Michael J., author.

Title

1. Charles-Simon Catel's treatise on harmony : and the disciplining of harmony at the early Paris Conservatory / Michael J. Masci.

Publisher

1. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1800-1899

Other form:

1. Online version: Masci, Michael J. Charles-Simon Catel's treatise on harmony and the disciplining of harmony at the early Paris Conservatory Lanham : Lexington, 2023 9781793630469 (DLC) 2022056374

LCCN

1. 2022056373

ISBN

1. 9781793630452 hardcover
2. 1793630453 hardcover
3. 9781793630469 electronic publication

Research call number

1. JME 23-356