Bibliography

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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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Nicholas Cook

Analysing 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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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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Owen Swindale

Polyphonic Composition

Polyphonic Composition

Introduction to the Art of Composing Vocal Counterpoint in the Sixteenth-century Style

Counterpoint

Used by: Music Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg (LUXEMBOURG)

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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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Allen Cadwallader / David Gagné

Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach

Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach

Designed as an introductory text for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students, Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach, Second…

Music Analysis

Used by: Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (GERMANY)

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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

Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory…

Music Analysis

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

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Curtis Roads

Composing Electronic Music

Composing Electronic Music

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe…

Other

Used by: ISSM Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Guido Cantelli” di Navara (ITALY)

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James Hepokoski / Warren Darcy

Elements of Sonata Theory

Elements of Sonata Theory

Elements of Sonata Theory is a comprehensive, richly detailed rethinking of the basic principles of sonata form in the decades…

Music Analysis

Used by: Iceland University of the Arts (ICELAND)

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Robert O. Gjerdingen

Music in the Galant Style

Music in the Galant Style

This book promises to reframe nearly all the work that scholars have lavished on compositional practice in the eighteenth century…

Other

Used by: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)

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H. K. Andrews

The Oxford Harmony

The Oxford Harmony

The Oxford Harmony is designed to give a complete practical course of instruction in all branches of the subject. It…

Harmony

Used by: Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (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

Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory…

Harmony

(HUNGARY)

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