Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Note on the Musical Examples xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Purcell’s Trio Sonatas 17
8. 2 Harmony and Counterpoint in the Service of Rhetoric 44
9. 3 Indiscernible Structures 90
10. 4 Proportional Symmetry and Asymmetry 110
11. 5 Mirror Symmetry and its Implications 137
12. 6 Double Fugue, Triple Fugue, and Commutatio 160
13. 7 Ground Bass 203
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 251
16. Index 259