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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)
Read moreDie Musikalische Form als Prozes
Musical Form as a Process
A unknown volume by Russian theory-professor Boris Assafiev, first published in 1930. He approaches musical form in an algorithmic and…
Music Analysis
Used by: Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (BELGIUM)
Read moreLexikon Neue Musik
Encyclopedia of contemporary music
The encyclopedia shows, beyond aesthetic evaluations, the great variety of contemporary music since 1945. In a wide-ranging lexical section, the…
Other
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Mainz (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) (GERMANY)
Read moreKontrapunkt I: Die Musik der Renaissance / Kontrapunkt II: Die Musik des Barock
Counterpoint I: The Music of the Renaissance
The textbooks provide a comprehensive overview of Renaissance and Baroque compositional techniques. Sources and specific examples provide insight into the…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Mainz (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) (GERMANY)
Read moreHarmonik
Harmony
Aspects of harmony and tonality between 16th and 20th century with nearly four hundred analysed quotations from the masterworks of…
Harmony
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (GERMANY)
Read moreKontrapunkt
Counterpoint
Detailed analysis of the structures in J. S. Bach´s fugues and canons for gaining an inspiring guidance to writing and…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (GERMANY)
Read moreKontrapunkt. Eine Satzlehre zur Vokalpolyphonie des 16. Jahrhunderts
Counterpoint
This textbook of counterpoint not only provides basic and comprehensive instruction in compositional theory, but also opens the door to…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreSolfeggi, Bassi e Fughe. Georg Friedrich Händels Übungen zur Satzlehre
Solfeggi, Bassi e Fughe. Georg Friedrich Händel's exercises in composition
The central concern of this edition is to exploit as fully as possible the concentrated, implicitly pedagogical and theoretical potential…
Other
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreVierstimmiger Kantionalsatz im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert : eine historische Satzlehre
Four-part cantorial setting in the 16th and 17th centuries : a historical theory of setting
The cantorial movement – the older form of the chorale movement – is associated on the one hand with numerous…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreDer Choralsatz bei Bach und seinen Zeitgenossen : eine historische Satzlehre
The choral setting in Bach and his contemporaries : a historical theory of setting
This theory tries to combine modern with historical approaches. It contains, among other things: an outline of Rameau’s harmony theory,…
Other
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreKontrapunkt: Eine Satzlehre zur Vokalpolyphonie des 16. Jahrhunderts
Counterpoint: A composition theory for vocal polyphony of the 16th century
This counterpoint textbook not only offers basic and comprehensive instruction in composition theory, but also opens up access to the…
Counterpoint
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreHandbuch der Instrumentationspraxis
Handbook of Orchestration Practices
Reference work and textbook in one: the handbook for composition students and lecturers, composers, arrangers and conductors as well as…
Instrumentation / Orchestration
Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)
Read moreSkala – Akkord – Funktion. Theoriegeschichtliche und satztechnische Aspekte der Klangorganisation vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert.
Scale - Chord - Function
The book is part of the book series “Paraphrasen – Weimarer Beiträge zur Musiktheorie”, edited by the Hochschule für Musik…
History of Music
Used by: Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar (GERMANY)
Read morePraktische Musiktheorie
Practical Music Theory
The book is part of the book series “Paraphrasen – Weimarer Beiträge zur Musiktheorie”, edited by the Hochschule für Musik…
Other
Used by: Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar (GERMANY)
Read moreMusikalische Formenlehre
Theory of the Musical Forms
The “Musical Form Theory” explains systematically and clearly the most important form types of musical so far. The form is…
Music Analysis
Used by: Latvian Academy of Music (LATVIA)
Read moreHarmonielehre
Theory of Harmony
Schoenberg’s well-known harmony-book is a wide review from the Viennese classicism to Schoenberg’s own era, as far as tonal music…
Harmony
Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (HUNGARY)
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