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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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Thomas Daniel

Kontrapunkt. 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)

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Ludwig Holtmeier / Johannes Menke / Felix Diergarten

Solfeggi, 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)

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Thomas Daniel

Vierstimmiger 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)

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Thomas Daniel

Der 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)

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Thomas Daniel

Kontrapunkt: 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)

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Ertuğrul Sevsay

Handbuch 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)

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John Wall Callcott / John Wall Callcott

A Musical Grammar, in Four Parts

A Musical Grammar, in Four Parts

The design of the following work is, to compress in a small volume, the leading principles of practical music. From…

Harmony

Used by: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (GERMANY)

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