Precepts on the Polarity
of Sound and Tonality
Complete Original German Text and Illustrations
Reprinted with English Translation
by Harold Fabrikant and Staffan Thuringer
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| SOME GENEROUS COMPLIMENTS ... The long awaited English translation of the Polarity text can only be described as a triumph - click here to see the Karg-Elert Archive website Congratulations on the splendid achievement by you, Harold and Staffan - Anthony Caldicott, chairman, Karg-Elert Archive(England) Congratulations on a fantastic job of setting and printing. I'm filled with admiration - Professor Bruce Steele(Australia) ... very impressed by the fantastic K-E book. It is quite magnificent! You must have had an enormous job translating it, even just understanding it. Obviously KE was a very knowledgeable man with enormous repertoire knowledge. Congratulations on the fine work! - Hans Fagius(Sweden) ... to try and express what it means to finally be in posession of this leviathan of a treatise in a form which gives one at least a fighting chance of further penetrating the mind of its author. - Max Jones(UK) The work is every bit as magnificent as I thought it would be when I was trying to work my way through it. It's very exciting. - Diarmuid Piggot(Perth, Australia) |
Original German text supplied as a facsimile by Anthony Caldicott on behalf of the Karg-Elert Archive
from an original print of the edition by F.E.C. Leuckart, Leipzig 1931, held in the British Library, London
English Translation by Harold Fabrikant and Staffan Thuringer 2003-2007
Introduction by Harold Fabrikant 2006
Restoration of figures, layout, printing and binding by Terry Truman
First published - October, 2007, By Dr Harold Fabrikant
37 Maxwell Grove, Caulfield. Victoria 3162. Australia
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
[Polaristische Klang- und Tonalitätslehre(Harmonologik) English]
Sigfrid Karg-Elert's precepts on the polarity of sound and tonality.
1. Polarization(Sound). 2. Tonality. 3. Harmony. 4. Music theory
I. Fabrikant, Harold. II. Thuringer, Staffan. III. Title.
781.25
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The contents listing (German) Vorwort Index (Kapitelübersicht) Alphabetisches Autorenverzeichnis der Literaturbeispiele ERSTER TEIL Grundlegende Einführung zum Gesamtwerk I. Die pythagoreïsche Intervallenbestimmung II. Die didymische Intervallenbestimmung, (divisione armonica) III. Die persisch-arabische Intervallenbestimmung, (divisione aritmetica) IV. Die Intervallenbestimmung durch Schwingungszahlen V. Die Aliquoten VI. Die Empfindung der Polarität durch Harmonievorstellung VII. Die akustischen Typensigel VIII. Die irrtümliche Auffassung der Mollkonsonanz IX. Die Komma-Unterscheidung und ihre funktionale Bedeutung X. Die Kosmophysik der Töne und Klänge im allgemeinen Das hypothetische Klangzentrum Zentralausschnitt (Tafel) von 30 unterschiedlichen Tönen Analyse dieser Tabelle XI. Neu- resp. Atonalformen XII. Die Harmonie als Wesen, der Akkord als Erscheinung XIII. Generalübersicht der (kons.) Klangverwandtschaft XIV. Die Bewegungsklänge im allgemeinen und die harmonische Polarität XV. Generalbaß, Klang-, Stufen- and Funktionslehre XVI. Die polaritätischen Funktionssigel im allgemeinen ZWEITER TEIL Das Harmoniesystem in polarer Auffassung Erstes Hauptstück (Quintverwandtschaft: Diatonalität) 1. Kapitel: Die Prinzipale 2. Kapitel: Die temperierten Contranten 3. Kapitel: Die Nonakkordformen der Dominanten und Contranten 4. Kapitel: Die Ultradominanten 5. Kapitel: Die diatonalen Prinzipalsubstituten 6. Kapitel: Der problematische Dreiklang 7. Kapitel: Der n(e)apolitanische Sextakkord 8. Kapitel: Die kommareine Modulation auf der Prinzipalbasis Grundsätzliche Richtlinien Allgemeines über Chromatik (zum 2. Hauptstück gehörend) Die Konkordanz als Modulationsmittel Scheinvariante Modulation Ultradominantenketten Nachwort zum Modulationskapitel Ergänzung zum ersten Hauptstück 9. Kapitel: Zwillinge und Drillinge DRITTER TEIL Zweites Hauptstück (Terz- and Septverwandtschaft: Chromatonalität) 10. Kapitel: Die Kirchenton-Systeme (teils zum 1. Hauptstück gehörend) 11. Kapitel: Varianten als metharm. Modulationsmittel 12. Kapitel: Allgemeines über Terzverwandtschaft Tritonanten Kollektivwechselklänge Chromonanten 13. Kapitel: A) Der Mediantenstil B) Akustische und funktionale Eigenart der Medianten C) Sinnfällige Dis- und Destonationen durch Kommadifferenzen D) Metharmose und Enharmose E) Harmonologische Klangdeutung F) Kadenzerweiterung G) Mediantische Tonalitätssprünge, Rückungen, Parenthesen und Sequenzen 14. Kapitel: Die Septgegenklänge (Gegenkonkordanten) 15. Kapitel: Die aufgehobene (dezentralisierte) Tonalität a) Allgemeines b) Parallele Akkordrückung c) Atonale Komplexe (siehe auch XI der Einführung) d) Konsonante und konkordante Klangdeutung im freitonalen Bereich und Hinneigung zur Bi- resp. Polytonalität |
The contents listing (English) Foreword Index (summary of chapters) Alphabetical composers index of the musical examples FIRST PART Fundamental Introduction to the Complete Work I. The Pythagorean System of Determining Intervals II. The Didymean System of Determining Intervals (harmonic separation III. The Persian-Arabian System of Determining Intervals (arithmetic separation) IV. The Determination of Intervals by Tonal Frequency V. The Aliquots (Overtones) VI. The Perception of Polarity through Harmonic Illusion VII. Acoustic Grammalogues VIII. The Erroneous Conception of the Minor Consonance IX. The Comma Difference and its Functional Significance X. The Cosmic Physics of Tones and Sounds in General The Hypothetical Centre of Sound Central Extract (Chart) of 30 Different Tones Analysis of this Table XI. New and Atonal Forms respectively XII. Harmony as the Essence, the Chord as Manifestation XIII. General Survey of (Consonant) Relationships in Sound XIV. Mobile Sounds in General and Harmonic Polarity XV. Precepts of Figured Bass, Sound, Degrees and Function XVI. Grammalogues for Polaristic Functions in General SECOND PART The System of Harmony in Polaristic Perception First Section (Fifth relationship: Diatonality) 1st chapter: The Principal triads 2nd chapter: The Tempered Contrants 3rd chapter: The Ninth-chord Forms of the Dominants and Contrants 4th chapter: The Ultradominants 5th chapter: The Diatonic Substitutes for Principal Triads 6th chapter: The Problematic Triad 7th chapter: The Neapolitan Sixth-chord 8th chapter: The Comma-pure Modulation on the Basis of Principal Triads Fundamental Guidelines General Remarks on Chromaticism (which belong to the Second Section) The Concordance as a Means for Modulation Pseudovariant Modulation Ultradominant Chains Epilogue to the Chapter on Modulation Supplement to the First Section 9th chapter: Twins and Triplets THIRD PART Second Section (Third and Seventh Relationship: Chromatic Tonality) 10th Chapter: The Ecclesiastical Tone Systems (belonging in part to the First Section) 11th Chapter: Variants as Metharmonic Means of Modulation 12th Chapter: General Comments on the Third Relationship Tritonants Collective Changed Sounds Chromatic Chords 13th Chapter: A) The Style of the Mediant B) Acoustic and Functional Individuality of Mediants C) Obvious Tonality Changes through Comma Differences D) Metharmonic and Enharmonic Concepts E) Harmonological Tonal Interpretation F) Cadence Broadening G) Mediant Tonality-jumps, Shifts, Parentheses and Sequences 14th Chapter: The Seventh Counter-sounds (Counter-concordances) 15th Chapter: Abolished (Decentralised) Tonality a) General Comments b) Parallel Chord Shift c) Atonal Complexes (see also XI in the Introduction, p. 45) d) Consonant and Concordant Tonal Interpretation in the Freetonal Sphere and its Tendency towards Bi- and Poly-tonality respectively |
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