Acknowledgments

This rather strange book rests upon the giant shoulders – not to mention mind, works, and explications – of Professor Dmitri Tymoczko (and before him, Richard Cohn and David Lewin). I would not have been able to have the fullness of love for music that I have today without those shoulders. For an introduction to 20th century music theory and encouragement for my explorations into non-standard harmony, I am in the debt of Professor Kari Juusela. For continuing that education and pushing me to be a better composer, and for humouring me so patiently while attempting to do so in a tonal harmony no one ever asked for, I am forever grateful to Professor Gabriele Vanoni. My only hope is that the gift of knowledge and pedagogy these have provided and which can never be truly repaid finds fertile soil in another mind, causing yet wilder frontiers to be explored.