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This is a bibliography of textbooks, companions, practice materials, journal articles, etc., used for teaching various music theory subjects at Higher Music Education Institutions in Europe. This innovative tool is created by the users themselves – teachers and students – who can submit specific items used in their institutions. The online and dynamic format of this bibliography ensures its unlimited availability to the whole community of music theory.
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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)
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 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 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 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)
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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)
Read moreA 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)
Read moreMusic 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…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
Read moreMusic 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)…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
Read moreThe 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…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
Read moreThe 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)
Read moreThe 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)
Read moreClassical 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)
Read moreClassical 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)
Read moreTonal 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)
Read moreThe 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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