Rimsky-Korsakov's harmonic theory : the Practical manual of harmony, its sources, history, and traditions / Larisa Petrushkevich Jackson.

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2022]

xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was celebrated during his lifetime as a composer and professor, and his musical works and publications on instrumentation remain prominent today. However, his innovations as a music theorist have gone largely unrecognized. Rimsky-Korsakov's Harmonic Theory is the first comprehensive study of the composer's unique concept of harmony. Larisa P. Jackson illuminates Rimsky-Korsakov's harmonic theory and reveals the intellectual, social, and cultural facets of its historical contexts in both Western and Russian music. In this unprecedented contribution to musicology and music theory, Jackson examines and clarifies Rimsky-Korsakov's thinking on modulation (key changes), which composers began using with increasing complexity during the nineteenth century. Based on his bold inclusion of a new scale, Rimsky-Korsakov saw modulation as shaped by a web of deep relationships among major and minor keys. Jackson charts this tonal space, mapping its implications as well as its often-surprising relationships with the theories of Rimsky-Korsakov's predecessors and contemporaries, including the famous German music theorists Hauptmann and Riemann"-- Provided by publisher.

English

February 23, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.