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Alexandre Étienne Chorons Akkordlehre : Konzepte, Quellen, Verbreitung /
- Title
- Alexandre Étienne Chorons Akkordlehre : Konzepte, Quellen, Verbreitung / Nathalie Meidhof.
- Author
- Meidhof, Nathalie,
- Publication
- Hildesheim : Georg Olms Verlag 2016.
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | ML423.C56M45 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 281 pages : music; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In the music-theoretical writings of the Paris-based cultural politician, author and musician Alexandre Étienne Choron (1772-1834), the theory of chords plays an important role. It forms the foundation of his whole theory of music and thus the key to understanding his work. Now for the first time his theory of chords is the focus of a comprehensive study and is examined on the basis of both his published and unpublished works. The study also reveals the sources of Choron's ideas and traces in detail the transmission of his theory. Choron's music-theoretical works contain explicit references to many authors of the 18th and 19th centuries. As a result, his works have often been accused, both then and now, of being confusing and conservative. However, an analysis of the chord theory in the music theoretical context of its time shows how strongly Choron promoted the reception of foreign theories and contributed to the discourse around tonalité in the early 19th century. Thus the study is a contribution to the history of music theory not only in France but also throughout Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Series Statement
- Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ; 4
- Uniform Title
- Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ; 4.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- ISBN
- 9783487153490
- 3487153491
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library