A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
Author : Fred Lerdahl
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2017
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Author : Fred Lerdahl
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2017
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Author : William E. Caplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199881758
Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from individual ideas, phrases, and themes to the large-scale organization of complete movements. It emphasizes the notion of formal function, that is, the specific role a given formal unit plays in the structural organization of a classical work.
Author : Frank G. Jackson
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Decoration and ornament
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Author : Aaron Copland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 39,7 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1101513144
Now in trade paperback: “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” (Forum). In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.
Author : Arthur John Berry
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2016-06-25
Category : Science
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Excerpt from The Atmosphere The author desires to thank Professor Seward for his kind editorial help. To Dr G. F. O. Searle and to the late Mr H. 0. Jones he is indebted for many valuable criticismsand suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Joel Lester
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780674155237
This is the most comprehensive account ever given of the theory behind the music of Baroque and Classical composers, from Bach to Beethoven. While giving preeminent theorists their due in this panoramic survey of musical thought, Joel Lester also examines the works of more than one hundred seventeenth- and eighteenth century writers.
Author : Ernst Toch
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486233464
A masterful and original classical composer as well as a renowned composer of film scores, Ernst Toch (1887 1964) made a permanent contribution to music in this important and widely praised book. Based on a series of lectures given at Harvard in 1944 and first published in 1948, this book is a brilliant examination of the materials and concepts that are the basic building blocks of music harmony, melody, counterpoint, and form. An admirable reconciliation of traditional and modern (mainly 12-tone) trends in composition, this book shows all types of writing must respond to psychological wants of the listener and how similar goals may be achieved in seemingly opposed styles. Illustrating his discussion with 390 musical examples, Toch not only introduces new ideas and approaches, but examines many age-old problems with clarity and precision consonance and dissonance, form versus number, and more. His analysis of the expanding harmonic universe, the wave line of melody, and the formative influence of movement are particularly penetrating. New to this edition are a biological introduction by Toch's grandson, Lawrence Weschler; a previously unpublished letter from Thomas Mann to Toch about this book (in English translation); and a complete checklist of Toch's compositions. Intended for all those who have a minimum understanding of musical notation and theory, this book will appeal to music lovers, practical musicians and amateurs, and incipient composers."
Author : Edward W. Said
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780231073196
Examines the performance of Western high-art music, the politicized theorizing of it, and the use of "melody, solitude, and affirmation" in it.
Author : Otto Karolyi
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Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Music
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Author : Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 36,25 MB
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN :
Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works is a book by a famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, member of the group of composers known as The Five. The book presents a notable attempt to show all of the nuances of orchestration. The author describes everything one needs to know about arranging parts for a string or full orchestra. The book is concise, articulate and excels at being both a book of reference and a book of general knowledge.