Day, Alfred
(1810–1849)
ALFRED DAYDAY, ALFREDALFRED DAY [* 1810-† 1849] Alfred Day entered theoretical territories which had been left unexplored by British theorists until his time, yet his contemporaries remained contemptuous of his results. One hundred years after RAMEAU's demonstration that acoustical principles could serve effectively as theoretical underpinnings, Day based his Treatise on Harmony (1845) upon what he took to be overtones for the tonic, dominant, and supertonic pitches, though he suggested…