Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second edition

In this classic work, George Perle argues that the seemingly disparate styles of post—triadic music in fact share common structural elements. These elements collectively imply a new tonality as "natural" and coherent as the major—minor tonality that was the basis of a common musical language in the past. His book describes the foundational assumptions of this post—diatonic tonality and illustrates its compositional functions with numerous musical examples.

The second edition of Twelve—Tone T...