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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Harmonielehre
Theory of Harmony
The 1922 German edition, with a new English translation.
In review 618 of 637 examples playable
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Arnold Schoenberg’s Harmonielehre (1922) develops a theory of harmony, then applies it to composition and accompaniment. Its terminology and rules belong to the musical practice of its time.
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