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Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale (…explosante-fixe… originel)
Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale (…explosante-fixe… originel)
Analytical article about Pierre Boulez’s “Mémoriale”, a piece for solo flute and eight instruments. The analysis is centered around the…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
Read moreSome Observations on Pitch, Texture, and Form in Xenakis’ Mists
Some Observations on Pitch, Texture, and Form in Xenakis' Mists
Table of content: I. Introduction II. Pitch III. Texture IV. Textural Types V. Form and Proportion VI. Conclusion References Notes
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
Read moreThe Structure of Atonal Music
The Structure of Atonal Music
Table of content: Part 1 Pitch-Class and Relations Part 2 Pitch-Class Set Complexes Appendix 1 Prime Form an Vectors of…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
Read moreEnfoques analíticos de la música del Siglo XX
Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music
Summary of the Table of Contents: Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music The book is structured into four main units focusing…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
Read morePolish Sonorism
Polish Sonorism
The text revolves around the specifics and the most renowned repertoire of sonorism in Polish music – a style/technique that…
History of Music
Used by: Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki (POLAND)
Read morePostmodernism
Postmodernism
The author’s goal is to define the specifics of postmodernism in music and also, more broadly, of postmodernism in culture.…
History of Music
Used by: Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki (POLAND)
Read moreLes tendances polystylistiques de la musique moderne
Polystylistic trends in modern music
Alfred Schnittke offers us an article in which he raises some questions about the development of polystylism in modern music.…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
Read moreThe Function of Timbre in Music (1966)
The Function of Timbre in Music (1966)
Adorno’s purpose in these lectures, presented at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music in the fall of 1966,…
Instrumentation / Orchestration
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
Read morePanorama romantycznej sonaty organowej
A Panorama of Romantic Organ Sonata
The text gives an overview of organ sonatas from the Romantic era. It specifies the overall number of composition of…
Music Analysis
Used by: Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki (POLAND)
Read moreHistoria estetyki muzycznej
A History of Music Aesthetics
It is an overview of music aesthetics starting from Homer, Plato and Aristotle up to the 20th century avant-garde.
History of Music
Used by: Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki (POLAND)
Read moreChanter sur le livre. Manuel pratique d’improvisation polyphonique de la Renaissance
Singing upon the book. Practical manual for polyphonic improvisation of Renaissance Music
The manual gives a vivid and didactically extremely well developed introduction into polyphonic improvisation in 15th & 16th century styles.…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (GERMANY)
Read moreChanter sur le livre. Manuel pratique d’improvisation polyphonique de la Renaissance (15ème et 16ème siècles)
Singing upon the book. Practical manual for Renaissance polyphonic improvisation
Introduction, explanations, examples and practical advice on improvising in Renaissance styles with canon techniques, diminution, gymel & fauxbourdon and others,…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (GERMANY)
Read moreAnalyzing Classical Form – An Approach for the Classroom
Analyzing Classical Form - An Approach for the Classroom
Analyzing Classical Form builds upon the foundations of the author’s critically acclaimed Classical Form by offering an approach to the…
Music Analysis
Used by: Iceland University of the Arts (ICELAND)
Read moreSatztechniken im 20. Jahrhundert
Compositional techniques in the 20th century
One of the most exciting chapters in music history is the turn of the 20th century: Different styles develop in…
Music Analysis
Used by: Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (NETHERLANDS)
Read moreTwentieth-Century Harmony – Creative Aspects and Practice
Twentieth-Century Harmony - Creative Aspects and Practice
An orderly presentation of harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author…
Harmony
Used by: Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (NETHERLANDS)
Read moreSolfeggio 4
Solfeggio 4
Rhythmic, parlato (rhythmical reading), melodic, atonal and harmonic exercisec and songs with piano accompaniment
Ear Training
Used by: Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
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