Introduction to the Dover edition by Lawrence Weschler -- Preface -- HARMONY -- 1. Harmony and chord -- 2. Harmony as arrested motion -- 3. The expanding harmonic universe -- MELODY -- 4. Melody versus harmony -- 5. The wave line -- 6. How harmony influences melody -- 7. Deflections and other special features -- COUNTERPOINT -- 8. The meaning of counterpoint -- 9. Ornamental and fermentative counterpoint -- FORM -- 10. The bases of form -- 11. The art of joining -- 12. The formative influence of movement -- 13. Beginning and ending -- Checklist of compositions by Ernst Toch -- Index of names.
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