The Philosophy of Music

Contents

• INTRODUCTION,
• CHAPTER I . INTRODUCTION,
• PART I : THE MATERIAL OF MUSIC,
• CHAPTER II . THE PHENOMENA OF SOUND IN GENERAL,
• CHAPTER III . SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSICAL SOUNDS,
• CHAPTER IV . THEORETICAL NATURE OF THE SOUNDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
• PART II : ELEMENTARY ARRANGEMENTS OF THE MATERIAL,
• CHAPTER V . GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF MUSICAL SOUNDS BY STEPS OR DEGREES,
• CHAPTER VI . MUSICAL INTERVALS,
• CHAPTER VII . HISTORY OF THE MUSICAL SCALE,
• CHAPTER VIII . THEORETICAL NATURE OF THE DIATONIC SCALE IN ITS ANCIENT FORM,
• CHAPTER IX . THE ANCIENT MODES,
• CHAPTER X . MODERN TONALITY,
• CHAPTER XI . THE MODERN DIATONIC SCALE AS INFLUENCED BY HARMONY,
• CHAPTER XII . THE CHROMATIC SCALE-THE SCALES OF THE MINOR MODE,
• CHAPTER XIII . TIME-RHYTHM-FORM,
• PART III : THE STRUCTURE OF MUSIC,
• CHAPTER XIV . MELODY,
• CHAPTER XV . HARMONY,
• CHAPTER XVI . HARMONY-Continued,
• CHAPTER XVII . HARMONY-ContinuedCHAPTER XVIII. HARMONY-Continued,
• CHAPTER XIX . HARMONY-Continued,
• CHAPTER XX . COUNTERPOINT,
• CHAPTER XXI . CONCLUSION, Appendix, Supplementary Essay by Dr. H. Hartridge,
• Index