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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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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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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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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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Walter Piston

Harmony

Harmony

A very useful and clever book, written by a very well trained and experienced musician. Content: 1) Scales and intervals,…

Harmony

Used by: Conservatorio di Musica “G. Verdi” (ITALY)

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Robert Gauldin

A Practical Approach to Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

A Practical Approach to Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

Practical work in writing counterpoint! Robert Gauldin emphasizes the acquisition of writing skills in the contrapuntal discipline and the simulation…

Counterpoint

Used by: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (ESTONIA)

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Ian Bent

Music analysis in the nineteenth century. I: Fugue, form, and style

Music analysis in the nineteenth century. I: Fugue, form, and style

Analytical lineages from Rameau (harmonic), Marpurg, Mattheson, Riepel, and Koch (rhetorical and melodic), fed by models from natural philosophy and…

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Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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Ian Bent

Music analysis in the nineteenth century. II: Hermeneutic approaches

Music analysis in the nineteenth century. II: Hermeneutic approaches

Hermeneutics decodes the message of a work rather than describing its outward form. The general hermeneutics of Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)…

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Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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Charles Rosen

The classical style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

The classical style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

A study of the styles of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, with particular reference to Haydn’s string quartets and symphonies and…

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Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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Charles Rosen

The Romantic generation

The Romantic generation

The period spanning the deaths of Beethoven and Chopin provides a time frame for a discussion of the works of…

Music Analysis

Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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Pieter C. Van den Toorn

The Music of Igor Stravinsky

The Music of Igor Stravinsky

The book is fundamental to the understanding of Stravinsky’s music, especially in relation to the Russian and neoclassical periods. It…

Music Analysis

Used by: University Of Debrecen (HUNGARY)

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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

The book offers a well-developed methodology for analyzing classical music. However, the suggested analysis tools are different from those traditionally…

Music Analysis

Used by: Latvian Academy of Music (LATVIA)

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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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Stefan Kostka / Dorothy Payne

Tonal Harmony With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music

Tonal Harmony With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music

Designed to meet the needs of the two-year theory curriculum for music majors, this straightforward market-leading text emphasizes practicality and…

Harmony

Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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Samuel Adler

The Study of Orchestration

The Study of Orchestration

A very interesting book, also from the methodological point of view, both in the study of the instrument and of…

Instrumentation / Orchestration

Used by: Conservatorio di Musica “G. Verdi” (ITALY)

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