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music theory

  • Johann Mattheson’s Grosse General-Bass-Schule (1731) is a practical guide about how to play harmony on keyboard instruments and gives a window into how to improvise in German baroque style.
    Baroque Theorists
    LuAnn Johnson
    Some baroque music theorists wanted to make music easier for the performer to play and more meaningful for the audience to hear. Others theorized to a level of abstraction that was brilliant but challenging to understand and apply. This week, we’ll listen to music by both the pragmatic and the puzzling.
  • Renaissance Theorists
    LuAnn Johnson
    Music theorists help us understand how to play and analyze music, and also shed light on how music was constructed in past eras. This hour on Harmonia, we’ll explore the work of three Renaissance theorists.