Ernst Kurth

Ernst Kurth (1 June 1886 – 2 August 1946) was a Swiss music theorist.

Quotes

 * The concept of 'tonality' signifies the unified relationship of chords to a central tonic and hence comprises two different assumptions: first, the existence of unifying factors, and second, the existence of, or at least the hypothetical ability to reconstruct, a tonal center.
 * Romantische Harmonik und ihre Krise in Wagners Tristan (1920), p. 273.