Table of Contents

Contents: Late romanticism to post-tonal era – Cellular pivots – Modality and polymodality – Folk tunes and transformations – Cellular transformations – Pentatony – Octatonicism – Hungarian, Chinese, and American musical idioms – East-West musical synthesis – Jazz inspiration.

About the Author

Monica Kang received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from The University of Texas at Austin. She also holds dual bachelor degrees in math and music from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the affinities between music and other disciplines.