Harmony (H/C)

Years After Walter Piston's Death, His Students and Their Students Can Still Take Great Pride in the Enduring Vitality of His Teaching. by Now It is Plain That the Book is Different From What It Used to Be, but Its Essential Approach and Its Basic Substance Remain As They Were. the Major Departure of the Fourth Edition Was the Addition of Seven New Chapters, Including Four on the Complicated Subject of Harmony After Common Practice, Which Had Not Been Discussed in the First Three Editions. However, Then As Now, the Core of the Book Remains the Exhaustive Treatment of Common-Practice Harmony, the Subject of Most One-Year or Two-Year Courses in Tonal Harmony. in the Present Edition, the Entire Text Has Been Carefully Revised With a View to Clarifying the Language and Illuminating the Essential Principles. Wherever Possible, the Text Has Been "Opened Up" to Allow the Reader to Adopt a More Leisurely Pace Through What Had Been a Terse and Detailed Presentation. the Results Will Also Be Per