Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi

Contents

• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Editorial Conventions and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part 1. Estro armonico
• 1. Vivaldi's "Harmony" and the Paradox of Historical Recognition
• 2. Theory of Tonal Organization in Eighteenth-Century Italy
• Part 2. Key and Mode
• 3. Tonality and Key Characteristics
• 4. Modal Implications in Tonal Organization
• 5. The Interaction of Major and Minor Modes
• 6. Functioning of Tonality in Large-Scale Composition
• Part 3. Harmony and Syntax
• 7. Lament Bass
• 8. Sequence
• 9. Pedal Point
• 10. Cadence
• Part 4. Tonal Structure
• 11. General Premises
• 12. Functioning of Harmonic Degrees in Tonal Structure
• 13. Tonal Structure and the Choice of Tonality
• 14. Tonal Structure in Cyclic Compositions
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index