On May 10, 9:30 am, "Tom K." <tkor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "David Raleigh Arnold" <darno...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
messagenews:pan.2008.05.10.07.39.05@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >What is CPP?
>
> "Common Practice Period" or "Period of Common Harmonic Practice" refers
to
> Western classical music of the Baroque, Classic & Romantic periods
(roughly
> 1630~1900) when all composers shared the same pitch language - that of
> Major-minor Tonality.
>
> See Donald Grout, "A History of Western Music"; Walter Piston,
"Harmony",
> and other standard musicology texts.
>
> Tom K.
A good answer that seems to be narrowed by some in this group who
doesn't really seem to accept the Romantic period as being part of
this era. The Grout of course would be re****ting mostly on research
that described this period. Is he the source of your time frame? You
have also opened a question with this post, however, and that is:
I am not really familiar with Piston's musical compositions. I am
starting t search for some. BUT as I recall, he used some 20th C.
techniques of tonality that does not fit neatly into these limited
tonalities of Tonic and Dominant. If I am recalling correctly, How
does he classify his own techniques of tonality as used in his
compositions? Does his use of the "Maj/Min only Keys" only apply to
his analysis of harmony in the earlier CPP? or does he then go beyond
that when he graduates to the next era of music writing. He did not
cross over until 1976. I would be surprised if he did not consider
that other forms of functionality that occurred outside the realm of
CPP to be irrelevant. The question, is does he limit these terms to
his thesis on Harmony or was it only really relevant to his analysis
of that particular era?
LJS
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