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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Scale 1 The Rise of ^6 in the Nineteenth Century A. Theory: ^6 in the Major Mode B. Practice: Classical ^6 C. Practice Against Theory: Non-Classical ^6 D. Implications E. Conclusion: Hearing the Subtonic ^6 Part 2: Signification 2 The Pastoral-Exotic Pentatonic A. The Imported Strain of Pentatonicism B. The Domestic Strain of Pentatonicism (I): Incipient/Intuitive Sources C. The Domestic Strain of Pentatonicism (II): Overt Sources D. Crosscurrents: The Pastoral-Exotic Pentatonic in Practice 3 The Religious Pentatonic A. The Nineteenth-Century Restoration of Sacred Music B. The Pentatonicism of Older Sacred Styles C. The Theory and Rhetoric of the Chant Revival D. Other Connections E. The Religious Pentatonic Part 3: Beyond Signification 4 The Pentatonic Glissando A. The Harp in the Nineteenth Century B. The Pentatonic Glissando 5 Debussy and the Pentatonic Tradition A. The Tradition of Signification B. The Tradition of Non-Classical ^6 C. Beyond the Pentatonic Tradition: Debussy and the Twilight of Tonality Afterword: Beyond Debussy Catalogue of Pentatonic Examples Preface to the Catalogue Concordance of Catalogue Examples Composer-Index of Catalogue Examples Chronological Index of Catalogue Examples Catalogue of Pentatonic Examples Notes Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Pentatonic scales.
Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.