Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

         I. Why is a New Theory of Tonality Necessary?

         II. The Concept of Development and its Relationship to the Compositional Process

         III. Postulates of the Theory

Chapter 2. Eleven-Pitch-Class Tonality

         I. A new theory of symmetrical divisions underlying “key-centered” tonality

         II. Eleven Pitch Class Systems Their Relevance and Application to Works in the Literature

Chapter 3. The Modal Gamut in the Sixteenth Century

         The Modal Gamut in the Sixteenth Century

Chapter 4. Tonality and Systems in the 17th and Early 18th Centuries

          Tonality and Systems in the 17th and Early 18th Centuries

Chapter 5. Tonality and Systems in the Mid- to Late-Eighteenth Century: The Classical Ideal

           I. The Development of the Early Symphony – Vivaldi and the Ripieno Concerto, G. B. Sammartini

           II.Viennese Symphonists of the Middle Eighteenth Century G.C. Wagenseil and G.M. Monn

           III. Joseph Haydn and the Sonata Form – Definitions and Compositional Design Elements

           IV. Joseph Haydn and the Developmental Process – Selected Compositions

           V. Alternative Design Elements in Sonata Form movements – J. C. Bach and W. A. Mozart

Chapter 6. Nineteenth -Century Approaches to Eleven-Pitch-Class Systems Derived from the Viennese Classical Tradition

            I. Beethoven, Sonata Form, The Minor Mode, and Chromatic Development at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

            II. Eleven Pitch-Class Systems in the Music of Early Nineteenth-Century Romantic Composers

Chapter 7. Eleven-Pitch-Class Systems in the Music of Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century Romantic Composers

            I. Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Op. 49 1st Movement

            II. Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E, Op. 44, 1st Movement

            III. Johannes Brahms The Sextets, Op. 18 in B and Op. 36 in G

Chapter 8. The Romantic Avant Garde and the Rumblings of Modernism

             The Romantic Avant Garde and the Rumblings of Modernism