Esquisse de L'histoire de L'harmonie: An English-language Translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of Harmony |
Contents
Illustrations | vi |
Foreword by Fétis | xl |
An Outline of the History of Harmony Considered | 1 |
The Results of the Creation of a Harmonic System | 69 |
The Nineteenth CenturyThe Development of the | 135 |
A Note in Reply to That of Mr Fétis by F | 165 |
Musical Examples | 173 |
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