The Shaping of Musical Elements
The Shaping of Musical Elements

Author: Armand Russell

Publisher: Schirmer G Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13:

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" ... The early chapters on polyphony emphasize Baroque models (though Classic and Romantic examples have been included where possible), then the chapters on chromatic harmony and the larger forms emphasize the Classic and Romantic eras, and in the final chapters the focus shifts to the Impressionists and composers of the twentieth century ... integrating analysis is presented ... The elements of an integrating analysis are, in order: pitch, and rhythm (conceived in broad terms), followed by melody, harmony, texture, timbre, and dynamics ... After these areas have been examined in more or less depth, the analysis focuses on two synthesizing considerations: form and tension ..."--Preface, volume 2.

The Basic Elements of Music
The Basic Elements of Music

Author: Textbook Equity

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-04

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1312486945

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The Basic Elements of Music ""Explanations (suitable for any age) of the basic elements of music, with suggested activities for introducing the each concept to children at early elementary school level. The course may be used by instructors not trained in music; all necessary definitions and explanations are included."" -This teaching textbook includes -The Time Elements (Rhythm, Meter) -The Pitch Elements (Timbre, Melody, Harmony) -Combining Time and Pitch -The Textures of Music -An Introduction to Counterpoint -Form in Music This music textbook, authored by Catherine Schmidt-Jones, is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, published by Textbook Equity without changes to the academic content. http: //textbookequity.org/category/music/

Musical Form and Analysis
Musical Form and Analysis

Author: Glenn Spring

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1478611731

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Understanding the way music unfolds to the listener is a major key for unlocking the secrets of the composer’s art. Musical Form and Analysis, highly regarded and widely used for two decades, provides a balanced theoretical and philosophical approach that helps upper-level undergraduate music majors understand the structures and constructions of major musical forms. Spring and Hutcheson present all of the standard topics expected in such a text, but their approach offers a unique conceptual thrust that takes readers beyond mere analytical terminology and facts. Evocative rather than encyclopedic, the text is organized around three elements at work at all levels of music: time, pattern, and proportion. Well-chosen examples and direct, well-crafted assignments reinforce techniques. A 140-page anthology of music for in-depth analysis provides a wide range of carefully selected works.

Brahms and the Shaping of Time
Brahms and the Shaping of Time

Author: Scott Murphy

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1580465978

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Combines fresh approaches to the life and music of the beloved nineteenth-century composer with the latest and most significant ways of thinking about rhythm, meter, and musical time.

Music Composition For Dummies
Music Composition For Dummies

Author: Scott Jarrett

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-12-29

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1119720877

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You can hum it, but can you write it down? When most people think of a composer, they picture a bewigged genius like Mozart or Beethoven frenetically directing mighty orchestras in the ornate palaces of Vienna. While that may have been the case once upon a time, modern composers make themselves heard far beyond the classical conservatoire and concert hall. These days, soundtracks are in high demand in industries such as TV, film, advertising, and even gaming to help create immersive and exciting experiences. Whatever your musical ambitions—composing a dark requiem in a beautiful Viennese apartment or producing the next great Star Wars-like movie theme in LA—the fully updated Music Composition For Dummies hits all the right notes to help you become confident in the theory and practice of composition. To help you translate your musical ideas from fleeting tunes in your head to playable bars and notation on paper, professional composer and instructor Scott Jarrett and music journalist Holly Day take you on a friendly step-by-step journey through the process of musical creation, including choosing the right rhythms and tempos, creating melodies and chord progressions, and working with instruments and voices. You’ll learn how to match keys and chords to mood, use form to enhance your creativity, and write in different styles from pop to classical—and you'll even learn how to keep hammering away when inspiration eludes you. Organize and preserve your musical ideas Formalize your knowledge with professional vocabulary Get familiar with composition apps and software Make a demo and market on social media Filled with musical exercises to help you acquire the discipline you need for success, Music Composition For Dummies has everything you need to turn your inner soundtrack into a tuneful reality!

Interpretation
Interpretation

Author: Peter-Lukas Graf

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 128

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Interpretation for fløjte og andre instrumenter.

Shaping Jazz
Shaping Jazz

Author: Damon J. Phillips

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2013-07-21

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 140084648X

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There are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do some songs--and not others--get rerecorded by many musicians? Shaping Jazz answers this question and more, exploring the underappreciated yet crucial roles played by initial production and markets--in particular, organizations and geography--in the development of early twentieth-century jazz. Damon Phillips considers why places like New York played more important roles as engines of diffusion than as the sources of standards. He demonstrates why and when certain geographical references in tune and group titles were considered more desirable. He also explains why a place like Berlin, which produced jazz abundantly from the 1920s to early 1930s, is now on jazz's historical sidelines. Phillips shows the key influences of firms in the recording industry, including how record companies and their executives affected what music was recorded, and why major companies would rerelease recordings under artistic pseudonyms. He indicates how a recording's appeal was related to the narrative around its creation, and how the identities of its firm and musicians influenced the tune's long-run popularity. Applying fascinating ideas about market emergence to a music's commercialization, Shaping Jazz offers a unique look at the origins of a groundbreaking art form.

The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison

Author: Ralph Ellison

Publisher: Modern Library

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 0593730062

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From the renowned author of Invisible Man, a classic, “elegant” (The New York Times) collection of essays that captures the breadth and complexity of his insights into racial identity, jazz and folklore, and citizenship across six decades. Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this definitive volume includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a body of cogent and subtle commentary on the questions that focus on race,” and Going to the Territory (1986), an exploration of literature and folklore, jazz and culture, and the nature and quality of lives that Black Americans lead. With newly discovered essays and speeches, The Collected Essays reveals a more vulnerable, intimate side of Ellison than what we've previously seen. “Raph Ellison,” wrote Stanley Crouch, “reached across race, religion, class and sex to make us all Americans.”

Shaping Time
Shaping Time

Author: David Epstein

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13:

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Epstein investigates the relationship between the ineffable art of music and the hard science of neurobiology. He integrates philosophic and scientific inquiry to formulate a theory of the fundamental yet elusive quality in music time. Derived from an analytical study of motion, tempo and emotion, Shaping Time offers a theory of the way we percieve, perform and interpret music. Epstein suggests that audience satisfaction with a musical performance results from timing trajectories established by the performer at the beginning of the piece. When the timing of a performance conflicts with audience anticipation, listeners experience physical and affective discomfort. Epstein applies his thesis to a wide range of examples for the repertoire.