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    <title>Compositional theory in the eighteenth century</title>
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    <namePart>Lester, Joel</namePart>
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    <publisher>Harvard University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1994</dateIssued>
    <dateCreated>1996 printing.</dateCreated>
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    <extent>355 p. ill. 26 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Zarlino and his legacy -- Species counterpoint and Fux's Gradus -- Thoroughbass methods -- Rameau's early works -- Rameau's later works and controversies -- Mattheson and the study of melody -- Harmonic perspectives on counterpoint -- Changing aspects of harmonic theory -- The Marpurg-Kirnberger disputes -- Riepel on melody and phrases -- Koch : toward a comprehensive approach to musical structure.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Joel Lester.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-347) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Music theory</topic>
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    <temporal>18th century</temporal>
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    <topic>Composition (Music)</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>18th century</temporal>
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  <classification authority="lcc">ML430 .L46 1994</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="20">781.309033 L6421c</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0674155238 (pbk.)</identifier>
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