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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 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 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)
Read moreAural Matters
Aural Matters
Content: Melody and two-part dictations, cadences, intonation, analysis of different styles (folk music, jazz, popular music, classical music).
Ear Training
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Read moreHarmony
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 moreThe Cambridge Guide to Orchestration
The Cambridge Guide to Orchestration
Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score, this book is…
Instrumentation / Orchestration
Used by: Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Joaquin Rodrigo" (SPAIN)
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 moreAnalysing musical multimedia
Analysing musical multimedia
Puts forward a general theory of the manner in which different media—music, words, moving images, and dance—work together to create…
Music Analysis
Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
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