Practical Harmony On A French Basis Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Author : Homer A. Norris
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330081754
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Practical Harmony on a French Basis written by Homer A. Norris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Harmony on a French Basis, Vol. 1 The author has endeavored to prepare a text-book on harmony, based on the principles of the most eminent French theorists and composers, which shall enable the student to analyze with ease and clearness the most complex musical compositions of the modern school, and which shall also stimulate the musical instincts of those who are endowed with the gift for composition. It is justly urged against the average text-book on harmony, that it is either too elementary or too scientific. If too elementary, it leaves the pupil uninformed regarding much that he will meet in the works of the masters, and it usually contains detail which fatigues and discourages. If, on the other hand, the book sets out with details of the laws of acoustics, it appeals more to the mathematician than to the musician: the theoretical is developed at the expense of the practical, and neither artistic intelligence nor musical sentiment is quickened. Whatever may be proved by such mathematical calculation, it has little or nothing to do with aesthetics which is constantly changing. Our modern musical system is based on what is both natural and artificial; it has been accepted, and our musical habits, so to speak, and much that we call musical instinct, are the result. New musical effects come, we suspect, as a spontaneous discovery, rather than as a result of patient scientific investigation. For this reason, in all matters having to do with the artistic and the aesthetic, practice should precede theory. The study of harmony can be made, and should be made, not a drudgery, but a delight; and the French methods have been chosen as a basis for this book, because they present theories in an attractive, as well as in a practical manner. The Frenchman is instinctively an artist. The beautiful appeals to him irresistibly, and his feeling for the narrow line that separates the commonplace from the purely artistic is sensitively keen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.