Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-century Music
Author: Stefan M. Kostka
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe twilight of the tonal system -- Scale formations in twentieth-century music -- The vertical dimension -- The horizontal dimension : melody and voice leading -- Harmonic progression and tonality -- Developments in rhythm -- Form in twentieth-century music -- Imports and allusions -- Nonserial atonality -- Classical serialism -- Timbre and texture : acoustic -- Timbre and texture : electronic -- Serialism after 1945 -- The roles of chance and choice in twentieth-century music -- Minimalism and beyond.