Alfred Day (1810 49) first published this controversial work in 1845 to substantial negative criticism. He was encouraged in his enterprise by the composer George Alexander Macfarren (1813 87) who remained a staunch supporter of Day's theories. The work begins with an introduction to Day's new approach to the figured bass and then moves on to set out his concept of diatonic (or strict) harmony and chromatic (or free) harmony. Each is discussed in depth, with sections devoted to common chords and their inversions, discords, pedals and modulation together with a large number of musical...
Alfred Day (1810 49) first published this controversial work in 1845 to substantial negative criticism. He was encouraged in his enterprise by the com...
One of the most prolific composers of the nineteenth century, Sir George Alexander Macfarren (1813 87) produced operas, symphonies, and instrumental and choral works, and is remembered today for the overture Chevy Chace. Son of the London impresario George Macfarren, he studied composition with Cipriani Potter at the Royal Academy of Music, becoming a professor there in 1837. Despite encroaching blindness, which became total in 1860, he remained at the centre of British musical life, continuing to compose, lecture, write and teach. Following the death of William Sterndale Bennett in 1875, he...
One of the most prolific composers of the nineteenth century, Sir George Alexander Macfarren (1813 87) produced operas, symphonies, and instrumental a...
