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 enlarge | Authors: Walter Piston, Mark Devoto
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
List Price: $64.10
Buy New: $52.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 74525
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0393954803
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.3
EAN: 9780393954807
ASIN: 0393954803
Publication Date: March 19, 1987
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 prefer the original May 10, 2000
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
It's very sad to see vital books "updated" and "revised" to accomodate the careers of persons manifestly unable to create vital books themselves. See if you can get hold of an edition really written by Walter Piston instead. If not, the Ottman is serviceable.
 Helpful book if you're ready to do some serious studying February 17, 2000
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book has helped me alot even though it can be tedious and tough to comprehend in certain portions of the book ; but through careful reading, it shouldn't be a problem. It contains examples taken from classical literature and its very in depth, beginners should consider reading other books first before getting to this one. ( I recommend Mark Harrison's "Contemporary Music Theory Level 1" ). If you had read the review before mine you would see some really bad comments from the professor about this book. He may be right due to his vast experience, but learning is still excellent and possible through this book, no doubt about that.
This Edition: Bloated and Tedious March 9, 1999
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
Walter Piston's 'Harmony' is the finest book with this title (there have been many) ever written. This edition turns that great work into a bloated, tedious, clumsily-written monstrosity. Its introduction admits that Walter Piston, had he lived to see it, would not have approved of much of its additions and deletions. Let's take it at its word and prefer an earlier edition.
Book in need of an excorcism February 3, 1999
26 out of 31 found this review helpful
This book is a nightmare, all attempts of trying to use it as a text at the colleges where I teach were abandoned (sp?) three years ago. The text has simply become incomprehensible. Why there is an example of a secondary NINTH chord in chapter tow is beyond all logic and reason. I would suggest finding a used 1st-3rd Ed. (ALL supervised by Piston at a used book store) For something more current try Gauldin's wonderful "Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music"
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