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How did Western music theory develop?

The music theory system we currently use originated in Europe and is the crystallization of the basic music theory since the European Renaissance. The basic theories of traditional Chinese music are mainly "Luxue" and "Music". In the 1920s, the Chinese musician Mr. Xiao Youmei compiled "General Musicology"; in the 1930s, Mr. Ying Shanneng compiled the "Outline of Musicology", both of which were some Western music theories that the author himself came into contact with. Not only is it unsystematic, but some of the content does not belong to Leli. It was not until the 1940s that the British music theorist Mr. Burton Shaw made a preliminary summary of the European music theory at that time and compiled "Preliminary Music Theory"; Chinese musician Mr. Miao Tianrui compiled this book; in the 1950s, the music theory of the former Soviet Union Mr. Sposobin, a famous scholar, compiled "Basic Theory of Music" based on Russian music; in the 1960s, Mr. Li Chongguang, a Chinese music theorist and Central Conservatory of Music, compiled "Basic Theory of Music" with national characteristics on this basis. In the past 40 years, it has been It is widely used in many domestic vocational schools, especially secondary vocational schools and music departments (sections) of normal colleges. Although our country later published some monographs on music theory, such as "Basic Music Theory" (revised version) by Mr. Miao Tianrui of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, published in 1985, and "Basic Music Theory" by Mr. Jia Fangjue of Southwest Normal University, published in 1996, "Basic Music Theory Tutorial - Music Theory Volume" co-edited by Mr. Sun Congyin of Tianjin Conservatory of Music and Mr. Ma Dongfeng of Qufu Normal University, "Basic Music Theory Tutorial" by Mr. Tong Zhongliang of Wuhan Conservatory of Music published in 2001, etc., but as of now, Mr. Li Chongguang's "Basics of Music Theory" is still a music theory textbook with great influence.