Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music

Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music

Author: Stefan Kostka

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1351859226

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Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition provides the most comprehensive introduction to post-tonal music and its analysis available. Covering music from the end of the nineteenth century through the beginning of the twenty-first, it offers students a clear guide to understanding the diverse and innovative compositional strategies that emerged in the post-tonal era, from Impressionism to computer music. This updated fifth edition features: chapters revised throughout to include new examples from recent music and insights from the latest scholarship; the introduction of several new concepts and topics, including parsimonius voice-leading, scalar transformations, the New Complexity, and set theory in less chromatic contexts; expanded discussions of spectralism and electronic music; timelines in each chapter, grounding the music discussed in its chronological context; a companion website that provides students with links to recordings of musical examples discussed in the text and provides instructors with an instructor’s manual that covers all of the exercises in each chapter. Offering accessible explanations of complex concepts, Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition is an essential text for all students of post-tonal music theory.


Techniques and Materials of Music

Techniques and Materials of Music

Author: Thomas Benjamin

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781285854441

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Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC, 7th Enhanced Edition covers all the basics of composition--including harmony, melody, and musical form. The authors present essential materials of common-practice music and an overview of 20th century techniques, and include numerous hands-on exercises to help students better retain key concepts. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.


Music Theory Essentials

Music Theory Essentials

Author: Jason W. Solomon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1351683896

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Music Theory Essentials offers an antidote to music theory textbooks that are overly long and dense. Focusing on the essentials, this text provides a clear-cut guide to the key concepts of music theory. Beginning with no assumptions about music theory knowledge, the book covers the core elements of music fundamentals, diatonic and chromatic harmony, post-tonal theory, and popular music in a single concise volume. Emphasizing critical thinking skills, this book guides students through conceptualizing musical concepts and mastering analytic techniques. Each chapter concludes with a selection of applications designed to enhance engagement: Exercises allow students to apply and practice the skills and techniques addressed in the chapter. Brain Teasers challenge students to expand their musical understanding by thinking outside the box. Exploring Music offers strategies for students to apply learned concepts to the music they are currently learning or listening to. Thinking Critically encourages students to think more deeply about music by solving problems and identifying and challenging assumptions. A companion website provides answers to book exercises, additional downloadable exercises, and audio examples. Straightforward and streamlined, Music Theory Essentials is a truly concise yet comprehensive introduction to music theory that is accessible to students of all backgrounds.


Analysis of Tonal Music

Analysis of Tonal Music

Author: Allen Clayton Cadwallader

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Introduces the fundamental principles of Schenkerian analysis within the context of the music itself.


Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music

Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music

Author: Greg A. Steinke

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780130382085

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New edition of a programmed instruction text that conveys conceptual information and provides drills to develop techniques for handling harmonic materials in tonal music. The material is divided into frames, most of which require a written response, and include a mastery frame at the end of the chapter. Contains many musical examples that can be pl


Understanding Post-Tonal Music

Understanding Post-Tonal Music

Author: Miguel A. Roig-FrancolĂ­

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1000332632

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Understanding Post-Tonal Music is a student-centered textbook that explores the compositional and musical processes of twentieth-century post-tonal music. Intended for undergraduate or general graduate courses on the theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, this book will increase the accessibility of post-tonal music by providing students with tools for understanding pitch organization, rhythm and meter, form, texture, and aesthetics. By presenting the music first and then deriving the theory, Understanding Post-Tonal Music leads students to greater understanding and appreciation of this challenging and important repertoire. The updated second edition includes new "Explorations" features that guide students to engage with pieces through listening and a process of exploration, discovery, and discussion; a new chapter covering electronic, computer, and spectral musics; and additional coverage of music from the twenty-first century and recent trends. The text has been revised throughout to enhance clarity, both by streamlining the prose and by providing a visual format more accessible to the student.


Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-century Music

Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-century Music

Author: Joel Lester

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9780393957624

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Designed to introduce the reader to a variety of analytic techniques applicable to music of our century, this valuable new book is written in a straightforward, clear style and includes abundant music examples, practical exercises, and reinforcing overviews.


Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music

Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music

Author: Robert Gauldin

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 895

ISBN-13: 9780393976663

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Conceptually sophisticated and exceptionally musical, Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music provides a thorough treatment of harmony and voice-leading principles in tonal music.


Tonal Harmony in Concept and Practice

Tonal Harmony in Concept and Practice

Author: Allen Forte

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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"A self-contained and comprehensive college textbook, this new work provides the basis for both the one-year course in elementary harmony and the two-year course which includes advanced harmony. A new and more effective approach to this traditional music discipline has long been needed. Accordingly, Professor Forte has provided students of music with a fresh treatment of bases of harmony--one which will lead to a more effective understanding of tonal music. Tradition has by no means been minimized, but many fresh ideas replace older (and, sometimes, inadequate) ones. For example: more comprehensive ideas of harmonic structure, a schema of modulatory progression, and an uncomplicated, learnable system of chord classification are presented here for the first time. The chapters dealing with modulation and melodic structure and development shed new light on those areas. Each section is brief, well-defined, and amply illustrated with musical examples. Emphasis is placed upon composition and analysis. These essential experiences give the general music student a firm foundation in the understanding of harmony--the how as well as the why, the underlying concepts as well as the techniques for manipulating specific materials." --Dust jacket flap.