The Rational and Social Foundations of Music

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Table of Contents
Title Page
Prefatory Note
Contents
Introduction
Max Weber's Sociology of Music
Summary
1. Harmony and Melody as Factors in the Rationalization of Music
2. Prediatonic and Western Scale Systems as Foundations for Musical Rationalization
3. Tonality and Its Equivalents in Ancient Melody
4. Scale Rationalization in Terms of Fifths and Fourths: Foundations of Modern Tonality
5. the Evolution of Occidental Polyvocality
6. Rationalization of the Tone System and Temperament
7. Technical, Economic, and Social Interrelations Between Modern Music and Its Instruments
Notes
Index