Vogler, Georg Joseph
(1749–1814)
GEORG JOSEPH VOGLERVOGLER, GEORG JOSEPHGEORG JOSEPH VOGLER [* 1749-† 1814] Students of the history of harmonic theory have not always appreciated the curious yet influential theorist, Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler. His adoption of Roman numerals for harmonic analysis and penchant for progressive harmonic successions and modulations paved the way for much that was to come in the nineteenth century. Yet his awkward (though self-assured) style, insistence upon reworking the compositions of earlier…