Bøger af Ebenezer Prout

With his usual thoroughness, Prof. Prout discusses the musical capabilities of the various instruments in the symphony orchestra and the problems involved in composing music for them. This classic 1877 treatise from the high-Romantic era examines the capabilities and techniques for each instrument of the orchestra and the ways in which composition for them can be accomplished.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries.At the time of original publication, Ebenezer Prout, Mus.D., was Professor of Music at the University of Dublin.

CONTENTSIntroductionKey, or TonalityThe General Laws of Part-WritingThe Diatonic Triads of the Major KeyThe Inversions of the Triads of a Major KeyThe Minor Key: Its Diatonic Triads and Their InversionsThe Chord of the Dominant SeventhKey Relationship -- Modulation to Nearly Related Keys -- False RelationUnessential Discords -- Auxiliary Notes, Passing Notes, and AnticipationsUnessential Discords -- SuspensionsThe Chord of the Dominant NinthThe Chord of the Dominant EleventhThe Chord of the Dominant ThirteenthChromatic Triads -- The Chromatic ScaleChromatic Cords of the SeventhChromatic Cords of the Ninth -- False Notation -- Enharmonic ModulationChromatic Cords of the Eleventh and ThirteenthThe Chord of the Augmented SixthPedalsHarmony in Fewer and More than Four PartsAppendix A. The Ecclesiastical ModesAppendix B. The Harmonic Series

The music scholar, composer and editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909) is best known for his edition of Handel's Messiah and as the man who put words to the fugue subjects in Bach's Well-tempered Klavier. He taught at the Royal Academy of Music (numbering Henry Wood amongst his pupils) and the reputation he established through his works on music theory gained him the post of Professor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin. This is the sixteenth (1903) edition, of his 1889 treatise on harmony which ran through over twenty editions, such was its popularity. This edition marks a significant change in Prout's approach to the theory of harmony, moving from a scientific exposition using the harmonic series to a more aesthetic style, which resulted in extensive re-casting of the work and an entirely new key to the exercises. This reprint includes the analytical key to the exercises.

This account of the life of the missionary John Williams (1796-1839), first published in 1843, celebrates his character and his achievements in evangelizing the South Sea islands. Williams believed that the spread of Christianity, 'civilization', and commerce went hand-in-hand, and his work in and around Tahiti and Rarotonga from the time of his first posting there by the London Missionary Society in 1817 was largely well received. In 1830 he became the first person to introduce Christianity to Samoa and, after returning to England in 1834 to raise money and support for the cause, he returned to the Pacific as a celebrity. His final voyage was to Eromango in the New Hebrides, where he was killed and eaten. This violent death combined with the success of his earlier missions caused him to be regarded as a heroic figure and inspired much popular literature.