Manual of Quarter-Tone Harmony

ISBN-10
0692883746
ISBN-13
9780692883747
Category
Harmony
Pages
31
Language
English
Published
2017-05-24
Author
Ivan Wyschnegradsky

Description

The publication of the first available English translation of composer and microtonal theorist Ivan Wyschnegradsky's Manual of Quarter-Tone Harmony. This seminal work, originally published in 1932, posits the composer's methodology and usage of quarter tones as a harmonic language.Produced with the permission of Association Wyschnegradsky (Paris, France) and Wyschnegradsky's heir Dmitri Vysneyev, this new edition is edited and with a foreword by Noah Kaplan and translated into English by Rosalie Kaplan.

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