Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal MusicMaterials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition provides the most comprehensive introduction to post-tonal music and its analysis available. Covering music from the end of the nineteenth century through the beginning of the twenty-first, it offers students a clear guide to understanding the diverse and innovative compositional strategies that emerged in the post-tonal era, from Impressionism to computer music. This updated fifth edition features:
Offering accessible explanations of complex concepts, Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition is an essential text for all students of post-tonal music theory. |
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Contents
Notes | |
Scale Formations in PostTonal Music | |
Chords and Simultaneities | |
Melody and Voice Leading | |
Exercises | |
Harmonic Progression and Tonality | |
Developments in Rhythm | |
Set Theory in Other Contexts | |
Classical Serialism | |
Acoustic | |
Electronic | |
Serialism after 1945 | |
Roles of Chance and Choice in PostTonal Music | |
Exercises | |
Exercises | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music |
| Authors | Stefan Kostka, Matthew Santa |
| Edition | 5, illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2018 |
| ISBN | 1351859218, 9781351859219 |
| Length | 354 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / General Music / Instruction & Study / Theory |
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