Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels

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Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels is an influential 1722 music theory treatise by Jean-Philippe Rameau that systematically formulates the foundations of tonal harmony.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
music theory treatise ⓘ
theoretical work ⓘ
approach rational and quasi-scientific explanation of harmony ⓘ
systematic formulation of tonal harmony ⓘ
author Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ
authorNationality French ⓘ
authorOccupation composer ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
basedOn acoustical principles ⓘ
harmonic series ⓘ
bookNumber Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
centralConcept chord inversion ⓘ
fundamental bass ⓘ
natural principles of harmony ⓘ
tonic–dominant–subdominant functions ⓘ
triad as basic harmonic unit ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusOfBookI intervals and chords ⓘ
focusOfBookII fundamental bass and chord succession ⓘ
focusOfBookIII composition and accompaniment ⓘ
focusOfBookIV practical applications and examples ⓘ
genre theoretical treatise ⓘ
hasForm musical examples ⓘ
prose exposition ⓘ
historicalPeriod Baroque era ⓘ
influencedField Western music theory ⓘ
tonal practice ⓘ
influenceOn 18th-century composition pedagogy ⓘ
19th-century harmony textbooks ⓘ
later functional harmony theories ⓘ
language French ⓘ
notableFor first systematic theory of tonal harmony ⓘ
introduction of the concept of fundamental bass ⓘ
linking harmony to natural acoustic phenomena ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris ⓘ
publicationYear 1722 ⓘ
structure four books ⓘ
subject harmony ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
tonal harmony ⓘ
title Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels ⓘ
translatedTitle Treatise on Harmony Reduced to its Natural Principles ⓘ

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Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels → translatedTitle → Treatise on Harmony Reduced to its Natural Principles ⓘ
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