Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (3rd Edition)
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Book Description
A primer--rather than a survey--this book offers exceptionally clear, simple explanations of basic theoretical concepts for the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Emphasizing hands-on contact with the music--through playing, singing, listening, and analyzing--it provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the "classical" pre-war repertoire by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern. Considers three principal kinds of post-tonal music--free atonal music, twelve-tone music, and centric music. Makes extensive use of transformational graphs and networks to present analytical information; and includes a variety of exercises in theory, analysis, musicianship and ear-training, and composition. For anyone interested in Twentieth-Century Music Techniques and Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis.
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"Designed for a course in twentieth-century techniques and analysis, the text presents basic theoretical concepts in six chapters, each of which is followed by a pair of short analyses designed to apply the concepts in a meaningful musical context. Carefully graduated exercises encourage students to master the concepts and to use them in playing, singing, composing, and analyzing music."--BOOK JACKET.
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Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (3rd Edition)
Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (3rd Edition),Joseph N. Straus,Prentice Hall,0131898906,Atonality,Instruction & Study - Theory,Music,Music theory,Musical analysis,Twelve-tone system,Music / General
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