The traditional major-minor tonality and the means for its establishment have been developed and used for the last four centuries, until all the possibilities of musical ideas within the given frame of tonal coherence seem now to be exhausted. Today we see a violent change, affecting the basic vocabulary of music as well as musical grammar and syntax. The possibilities of the major-minor tonality seem to be overgrown and appear to be no longer sufficiently flexible to serve the creative spirit of present-day music as basis for musical expression. Thoughtful composers and theorists, however much they may differ in their background and in their attitude toward different traits of modern music, agree in the realization that musical composition is at a crucial point of development all of over the world.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935789 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Robert, Dorothy |
| Contributors | Bain, Wilfred C. (Wilfred Conwell), 1908-1997, Hidgson, Walter H. |
| Publisher | North Texas State Teachers College |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 90 leaves : ill., music, Text |
| Rights | Public, Robert, Dorothy., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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