
Figured Harmony at the Keyboard Part 1
R. O. Morris(Composer)
Oxford University Press
1st Edition
Published on 19. January 1933
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Sheet music
64 pages
978-0-19-321471-2 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
music examples
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
197 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-321471-2 (9780193214712)
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Person
Reginald Owen Morris was a British composer and teacher. He was born in York and was educated at Harrow School, New College, Oxford and the Royal College of Music in London, where he subsequently became professor of counterpoint and composition. Morris was considered a brilliant teacher of counterpoint, and wrote a number of influential texts on the subject.
Students of Morris included composers Gerald Finzi, Sir Michael Tippett, Constant Lambert, Robin Milford, Anthony Milner, Edmund Rubbra, Bernard Stevens and Jean Coulthard.
Students of Morris included composers Gerald Finzi, Sir Michael Tippett, Constant Lambert, Robin Milford, Anthony Milner, Edmund Rubbra, Bernard Stevens and Jean Coulthard.
Content
Common chords in root position ; First inversions ; Second inversions ; Suspensions ; The chord of the seventh in root position ; The first inversion of the seventh ; The remaining inversions of the seventh ; Accented passing notes: simple ornamentation ; Major and minor ninths and diminished sevenths ; The remaining chromatic chords (augmented triad, augmented sixth, Neapolitan sixth) ; Double and triple suspensions ; Rests in the bass