Ernst Kurth: Selected Writings
- Author: Kurth, Ernst
- Editor: Rothfarb, Lee A.
Not only has Rothfarb mastered a wealth of material from Kurth's four principal writings, he has sifted as well through the complexity and abundance of thought, has organized it cogently, and... — More…
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Contents
- Foreword Ian Bent
- Preface
- Notes on the translation
- Introduction
- Part I . Grundlagen des linearen Kontrapunkts (Foundations of linear counterpoint):
- 1. Polyphonic structure
- 2. Thematic and motivic processes
- 3. Polyphonic melody
- Part II . Romantische Harmonik und ihre Krise in Wagners 'Tristan' (Romantic harmony and its crisis in Wagner's 'Tristan'):
- 4. Details of Romantic harmony
- 5. Broader dimensions of Romantic harmony
- Part III . Bruckner:
- 6. Bruckner's form as undulatory phases
- 7. Details of Bruckner's symphonic waves
- Appendix: complete tables of contents for Kurth's Grundlagen des linearen Kontrapunkts, Romantische Harmonik und ihre Krise in Wagners 'Tristan' and Bruckner
- Select bibliography
- Index of musical examples
- General index.