Modulation (Dover Books on Music)

"Iconsiderhimagenius,"remarkedArnoldSchoenbergoftheprogressiveearlymodernistMaxReger(1873–1916).Inadditiontohisinternationalrenownasateacher,conductor,andpianist,Regerwrotemorethan1,000worksinvirtuallyeverymusicalgenre.ManyscholarsandmusicianscredithimwithemancipatingdissonancetoalevelthatassistedSchoenberg'sdevelopmentofserialisminthe1920s.Reger'sinfluenceextendstoother20th-centurycomposers,includingBélaBártok,AlbanBerg,ArthurHonegger,PaulHindemith,andSergeiProkofiev.Modulation—thechangefromonekeytoanother—isasubjectofcriticalimportancetoperformersandcomposersintheirstudyofharmony.RegerwrotethisconciseguidetomodulationwhileteachingcompositionatLeipzigConservatory,andtheworkcontinuestoprovidevaluableinsightsandinstructionformusiciansatalllevels.Thisneweditionfeaturesnewlyengravedmusicalexamples.