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Leonard Meyer proposes a theory of style and style change that relates the choices made by composers to the constraints of psychology, cultural context, and musical traditions. The latter part of this book contains a sketch-history of 19th-century music.

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Preface Pt. I: Theory 1: Toward a Theory of Style 2: Style Analysis Pt. II: History, Innovation, and Choice 3: Thoughts Ahout History 4: Innovation - Reasons and Sources 5: Choice and Replication Pt. III: Music and Ideology: A Sketch-History of Nineteenth-Century Music 6: Romanticism - The Ideology of Elite Egalitarians 7: Convention Disguised - Nature Affirmed 8: Syntax, Form, and Unity Epilogue: The Persistence of Romanticism Bibliography of Works Cited Index Index of Musical Examples

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/03/1997
    ISBN13: 9780226521527, 978-0226521527
    ISBN10: 0226521524
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Leonard Meyer proposes a theory of style and style change that relates the choices made by composers to the constraints of psychology, cultural context, and musical traditions. The latter part of this book contains a sketch-history of 19th-century music.

    Table of Contents
    Preface Pt. I: Theory 1: Toward a Theory of Style 2: Style Analysis Pt. II: History, Innovation, and Choice 3: Thoughts Ahout History 4: Innovation - Reasons and Sources 5: Choice and Replication Pt. III: Music and Ideology: A Sketch-History of Nineteenth-Century Music 6: Romanticism - The Ideology of Elite Egalitarians 7: Convention Disguised - Nature Affirmed 8: Syntax, Form, and Unity Epilogue: The Persistence of Romanticism Bibliography of Works Cited Index Index of Musical Examples

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