Jan Jarmusiewicz i pewna zagadkowa progresja zwana „diabelskim młynem”. Przyczynek do badań nad związkami teorii muzyki i praktyki kompozytorskiej w pierwszej połowie XIX wieku
Jan Jarmusiewicz and the Mysterious 'Teufelsmühle' Progression. A Contribution to Research into Relations between Music Theory and Composition Practice in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The first half of the 19th century saw changes in European musical culture, centered in Vienna – the city where Beethoven and Schubert died. Poland made a significant contri­bution to this milieu with Jan Jarmusiewicz’s work Nowy system muzyczny (A New Mu­sical System, Vienna, 1843). Drawing on the achievements of Rameau and anticipating Riemann, Jarmusiewicz formulated an early concept of harmonic function. His ‘chain of squares and tangent chords’ resembles Schubert’s harmonic language, heralding a Ro­mantic chromaticism that goes beyond Classical tonality.

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