The Structure of Atonal Music Allen Forte
Publisher: Yale University Press

Next week (or next diary), we will introduce real atonal music, and though it may be difficult at times to tell from some of Bartok's music, there is a big difference in structure and intent. Machine Intelligence 1971; 6:221-41. Boulez, Penser la musique aujourd'hui. Hanover, New Hamphsire: Forg Peak Music, 1991. The cognitive reality of hierarchical structure in tonal and atonal music. These structures are not built on the same notions of chord progression present in tonal music. Messiaen, Technique de mon langage musical. But true to Bartok's word, he is not atonal. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1973. It is somewhat ironic that atonality, a concept that implies anarchic structures within music led to the conception of such strict compositional techniques, namely 12-tone technique. Class Notes for Atonal Music Theory. Music Perception 1994; 12:1-25. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1973. Berry, Structural functions in music. Describes and cites examples of pitch-class sets and relations in atonal music.. Forte, The structure of atonal music.