At the turn of the last century, traditional harmony was "wearing out."
Here half-step movement rubbed against traditional harmonies and uneven meters.
Here traditional harmony seems to belong and not to belong - we feel anchored yet uneasy.
In late 1940s, Cage started developing further methods of breaking away with traditional harmony.
It was also a forum for his resourceful use of traditional harmony.
In "Lontano," sheer sound replaces traditional harmony as a means of locomotion.
If the assaults on tradition are eager, traditional harmony is always just under the surface, ready to emerge.
Here the composer's modest advances on traditional harmony are also convenient buzzwords for the exotic East.
Games - some sinister, others insouciant - are played with traditional harmony and tonal centers.
Thanks to a certain tower in the Bible and a fracturing of traditional harmony in the 1900's, a single language became many languages.