Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Plates ix
4. Author's Foreword xi
5. Translator's Foreword and Acknowledgements xiv
6. Publisher's Note xvi
7. Part I. Paleography
8. 1. Various Conventions and Signs used in Writing 3
9. 2. The Notation of Polyphony 9
10. 3. Note-Values in Relation to the Bar 14
11. 4. The Number of Notes in Each Bar and in Each of its Parts 18
12. 5. The Proportions 28
13. 6. Modality 35
14. 7. The Semitonia 39
15. 8. The Semitonia in Cadences 44
16. 9. Use of the Semitonia apart from Cadences 54
17. 10. Chromatic Progression 62
18. 11. The Underlaying of Text 69
19. Part II. Musical Forms of Classical Polyphony
20. 12. The General Theory of Musical Forms 79
21. 13. The Themes 88
22. 14. Organization of the Complete Polyphonic Fabric 99
23. 15. The Set Musical Forms of Polyphony 112
24. Appendix: Observations Concerning the Interpretation of Polyphony 129
25. Notes 139
26. Bibliography 163
27. I. Index of Technical Terms 171
28. II. Index of Music References 175
29. III. Index of Names 177