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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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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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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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Maria Dziewulska / Aleksander Frączkiewicz / Krystyna Palowska

Materiały do kształcenia słuchu

Materials for ear training

A collection of excercises that may be used for singing as well as dictations. Chapters: 1) One part exercises, 2)…

Ear Training

Used by: Akademia Muzyczna im. G. i K. Bacewiczow w Lodzi (POLAND)

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William Caplin

Classical Form: a Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

Classical Form : a Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

A comprehensive theory of formal functions which explains formal structure on all levels from eight-bar sentences, periods and hybrids to…

Music Analysis

Used by: University of Ostrava: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (CZECH REPUBLIC)

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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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Edward Aldwell / Carl Schachter / Catello Gallotti

Armonia e condotta delle voci

Harmony and Voice Leading

A clear and comprehensive volume spanning the entire theory course, HARMONY AND VOICE LEADING, Fourth Edition, begins with coverage of…

Harmony

Used by: Conservatorio di Musica "G. Martucci" (ITALY)

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Edward Aldwell / Carl Schachter

Harmony and Voice Leading

Harmony and Voice Leading

A clear and comprehensive volume spanning the entire theory course, HARMONY AND VOICE LEADING, Fourth Edition, begins with coverage of…

Harmony

Used by: Sibelius Academy - University of the Arts Helsinki (FINLAND)

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Krzysztof Droba

Sonoryzm polski

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: Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina (POLAND)

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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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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…

Music Analysis

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

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Franciszek Wesołowski

Materiały do ćwiczeń harmonicznych

Materials for harmonic exercises

Materials for harmonic exercises facilitating the practical learning of harmony. It is meant to be used in secondary music schools,…

Harmony

Used by: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (POLAND)

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Franciszek Wesołowski

Zasady muzyki

Principles of Music

The book is a compendium of basic problematics of music theory and music notation – like scales, intervals, chords, durations,…

Other

Used by: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski (POLAND)

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Anna Rutkowska

Postmodernizm

Postmodernism

The author’s objective is to define the specifics of postmodernism in music and also, more broadly, in culture. Postmodernism is…

History of Music

Used by: Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina (POLAND)

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Jadwiga Dzielska

Materiały pomocnicze do kształcenia słuchu 1

Auxiliary Materials for Aural Training 1

Exercises for singing, using extended tonality and to some degree post-tonal musical language. Chapters are organized by the number of…

Ear Training

Used by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie (POLAND)

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Maria Pokrzywińska

Progresje: zbiór ćwiczeń harmonicznych

Progressions: a collection of harmonic exercises

This unconventional textbook brings the science of harmony closer to its relationship with musical practice. Harmonic issues are presented in…

Harmony

Used by: Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina (POLAND)

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