Part I: Musical influences present in 1900 - Chapter 1: Rhythmic and melodic structure - Chapter 2: Intervallic unity - Chapter 3: Harmonic growth - Chapter 4: Details concerning the ninth chord - Chapter 5: Eleventh and thirteenth chords - Chapter 6: Leading-tone chord - Chapter 7: Modern application - Part II: Impressionism - Chapter 8: Modal influence - Chapter 9: Influence of modes on harmony - Chapter 10: Unrestricted melodic movement of all chord members - Chapter 11: The tritone, the whole-tone scale, and whole-tone dominants - Part III: The Rise of Modern Dissonance - Chapter 12: Free counterpoint and the twelve-tone scale - Chapter 13: Bichordal writing and polytonality - Part IV: Contrapuntal Writing - Chapter 14: Linear Roots - Chapter 15: Two-part writing - Chapter 16: Intervallic structures in the writing of three or more parts - Part V: Intervallic Structures in Homophonic Textures - Chapter 17: Fourth chords and perfect fifths - Chapter 18: Intervallic structures emanating from bass intervals of sixths, thirds, sevenths, and seconds - Chapter 19: The control of dissonance - Part VI: The Twelve-Tone Row - Chapter 20: Its strict application - Chapter 21: Atonality - Chapter 22: A summary of procedures for contemporary Analysis - Acknowledgments - Index of Musical examples
