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The 18 pages that link to Modal music, each with the reason it gives.

• Renaissance musicRelated: Modal organization shaped melodic movement before tonal harmony became dominant.

• Maurice RavelRelated: Modal inflections contribute to the archaic and Spanish-colored atmosphere of several works.

• Erik SatieRelated: Satie’s modal melodies avoid the directional pull of conventional major-minor harmony.

• Impressionism in musicRelated: Modal writing supplies tonal alternatives that can feel less directional than major-minor harmony.

• The FiveRelated: Modal colors helped composers evoke folk and archaic musical styles.

• Modest MussorgskyRelated: Modal turns contribute to the archaic and folk-colored sound of some of his music.

• Gabriel FauréRelated: Modal colors help explain the distinctive atmosphere of Fauré’s Requiem.

• Old-time musicRelated: Modal melodies contribute to the distinctive sound of many old-time tunes.

• George EnescuRelated: Modal inflections help explain the unusual tonal character of some Enescu works.

• Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisRelated: The tune’s modal character helps distinguish its sound from conventional major-minor harmony.

• GymnopédiesRelated: Modal inflections help give the harmonies their unsettled, archaic color.

• Nick DrakeRelated: Modal harmony helps give songs such as “River Man” their unsettled, distinctive color.