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Annie Labussière / Jean-Marc Chouvel

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)

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Ronald Squibbs

Some 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)

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Allen Forte

The 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)

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Joel Lester

Enfoques 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…

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Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)

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Krzysztof Droba

Polish 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)

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Anna Rutkowska

Postmodernism

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)

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Alfred Schnittke

Les 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)

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Theodor W. Adorno

The 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)

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Lech Kucharski

Panorama 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)

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Enrico Fubini

Historia 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)

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Barnabé Janin

Chanter 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)

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Barnabé Janin

Chanter 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)

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William E. Caplin

Analyzing 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)

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Christoph Wünsch

Satztechniken 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)

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Vincent Persichetti

Twentieth-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)

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Tomaž Habe

Solfeggio 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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