Thesaurus of Scale and Melodic Patterns Author:Nicolas Slonimsky The Present Thesaurus is a reference book of scale and melodic patterns, analogous in function with phrase books and dictionaries of idiomatic expressions. But while Phrase book are limited to locutions consecrated by usage, The THESAURUS includes a great number of melodically plausible patterns that are new. In fact, many compositions appearing... more » in recent year contain thematic figures identical with those found in the THESAURUS.« less