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OTUFM 62-B-1-13
Title
Theoretical Harmony and the Understanding of Music
Date(s)
- [1940s?] (Creation)
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15 pages, typed, with edits, graphs, and musical examples in pencil and pen in Zuckerkandl's hand.
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(1896-1965)
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Scope and content
Similar to "Harmonic Analysis and the Understanding of Music" (Misc100_V_24a). The general content and order of material is the same, but elaborates upon some concepts such as Ur-phenomena. Adds scientific understanding as a form of understanding, alongside linguistic and mechanical - music should be understood in this way, rather than as a non-signifying language. Adds some examples and includes citations of contemporary theorists' work, including that of Hindemith and Piston. Includes Schenkerian graphs and musical examples. Minor edits to phrasing.
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Language of material
- English
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Existence and location of originals
ONB, Misc100_V_24b
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Related units of description
AMS talk from 1942 (abstract pub. 1945) has the same title.
- Zuckerkandl, Victor. 1945. "Theoretical Harmony and the Understanding of Music." Bulletin of the American Musicological Society, no. 8 (October): 17–8. https://doi.org/10.2307/829386