On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music

Contents

• Notice by the translator
• Author's preface to the first German edition
• Author's preface to the third German edition
• Introduction
• Part I . On the Composition of Vibrations:
• 1. On the sensation of sound in general
• 2. On the composition of vibrations
• 3. Analysis of musical tones by sympathetic resonance
• 4. On the analysis of musical tones by the ear
• 5. On the differences in the quality of musical tones
• 6. On the apprehension of qualities of tone
• Part II . On the Interruptions of Harmony:
• 7. Combinational tones
• 8. On the beats of simple tones
• 9. Depth and deepest tones
• 10. Beats of the upper partial tones
• 11. Beats due to combinational tones
• 12. Chords
• Part III . The Relationship of Musical Tones:
• 13. General view of the different principles of musical style in the development of music
• 14. The tonality of homophonic music
• 15. The consonant chords of the tonal modes
• 16. The system of keys
• 17. Of discords
• 18. Laws of progression of parts
• 19. Esthetical relations
• Appendices.