Answer by Michael Hughes for When were the terms "Major" and "Minor" applied...
I have never tested my theory that the Ionian mode lends itself to pleasing polyphony more readily than the other modes with the exception of the Aeoliean. I have tried rendering a popular hymn tune in...
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Well, we have an answer about German (with a mention of French) theory, and an answer about English theory, so I figured I'd round it out with what seems to be a good reference for Italian theory,...
View ArticleAnswer by user1449 for When were the terms "Major" and "Minor" applied to keys?
Along with the German theorists like Lippius cited in other answers, English musicians and theorists from quite an early date also divided the keys or 'tones' into two categories based on the major or...
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I hope no one minds that I got curious, and did a bit of digging into this on my own. I discovered what appears to be an excellent resource answering this very question. The book is entitled Between...
View ArticleAnswer by Robert Fink for When were the terms "Major" and "Minor" applied to...
From the Grove Online article on Mode by the late, noted musicologist Harold Powers:"[Johan Mattheson's Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre listed] the 24 major and minor keys, [which had been] first set out...
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In 1547, Heinrich Glarean published Dodecachordon in which he posited that in addition to the 4 existing pairs of church modes (plagal and authentic versions of modes with finals on D (Dorian), E...
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