Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Georg Andreas Sorge and the Debate over ‘Chords by Supposition’
Katarzyna Korpanty
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-5575
Abstract
Georg Andreas Sorge and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg rank among the eighteenth century’s most important music theorists. A dispute flared up between them in 1759, concerning aspects of music harmony. At the centre of their polemic was the concept of supposition, formulated by Jean Philippe Rameau and taken up by Marpurg, which postulated expanding the seventh chord by adding notes below the root.
Keywords:
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Georg Andreas Sorge, theory of harmony in the 18th century, chords by supposition (fr. accords par supposition), Jean Philippe RameauReferences
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