Theory

This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the music of Wagner's Goetterdammerung.First, in terms of music theory, it proposes a new theory of tonal function that returns to the theories of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890944520Author Bruce E. ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Muse-eek PublishingPublisher Muse-eek PublishingWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm)...

Characters and plot developments, similarly, are enhanced by their musical accompaniment. The different scoring strategies employed in supernatural and horror-based genres, comprising for example True Blood and Supernatural, are considered alongside cult...

Many of the most famous composers in classical music spent considerable periods in spa towns, whether taking in the waters, or searching for patrons among the rich and influential clientele who frequented these pioneer resorts, or soaking up the relaxing...

For something we often barely notice music in films is usually highly effective. It creates tension, elicits emotion and is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of the cinematic experience. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that film music...

Tonality and Transformation is a groundbreaking study in the analysis of tonal music. Focusing on the listener's experience, author Steven Rings employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing - from the infusion of...

Challenging current music making approaches which have traditionally relied on the repetition of fixed forms when played, this book provides a new framework for musicians, composers and producers wanting to explore working with music that can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645267068Author Lorraine ChaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint StringstasticPublisher StringstasticWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 3mm

From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory addresses one of the broadest and most elusive open topics in music history: the transition from the Renaissance modes to the major and minor keys of the high Baroque. The system Glarean proposed in his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859652025Author Jerry HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm and meter, and form under a common idea of structured time. Building off of recent advances in music theory in essential subfields-rhythmic theory, tonal structure, and the theory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645267075Author Lorraine ChaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint StringstasticPublisher StringstasticWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 3mm

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Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Musical Cognition suggests that music is a game. In music, our cognitive functions such as perception, memory, attention, and expectation are challenged; yet, as listeners, we often...

Bits and Pieces tells the story of chiptune, a style of lo-fi electronic music that emerged from the first generation of video game consoles and home computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Through ingenuity and invention, musicians and programmers...

The two workbooks that accompany The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Fourth Edition, feature an organization designed specifically for flexibility: Workbook 1: Writing and Analysis, is dedicated exclusively...

This new series of Norton books, devoted to informed discussion of contemporary music, draws principally upon articles first published in Perspectives of New Music, which Richard Kostelanetz has described as "among the most consistently interesting...

Keil's classic account of blues and its artists is both a guide to the development of the music and a powerful study of the blues as an expressive form in and for African American life. This updated edition explores the place of the blues in artistic,...

"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark . . . " -Music & LettersEero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of...

The Evolution of Music by Culture and Science aims to recognise the impact of science on music, why it occurs, how we respond, and even to tentatively see if we can predict future developments. Technology has played an immense role in the development of...

All recordings document life, arising from a specific time and place, and if that place is artificial, the results will be as well. Culled from a lifetime of learning through failure and designed to provoke thought and inspiration for artists in every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902455600Author Bruce ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music Ltd

Classical music is everywhere in video games. Works by composers like Bach and Mozart fill the soundtracks of games ranging from arcade classics, to indie titles, to major franchises like BioShock, Civilization, and Fallout. Children can learn about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914453243Author James ShipwayPage Count 107Imprint Headstock BooksPublisher Headstock Books

Topics are musical signs developed and employed primarily during the long eighteenth century. Their significance relies on associations that are clearly recognizable to the listener with different genres, styles and types of music making. Topic theory,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904331506Author Richard RastallFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Travis and Emery Music BookshopPublisher Travis and Emery Music...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540069481Author Dan MaskePage Count 40Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

How does musical harmony engage listeners in relations of desire? Where does this desire come from? Author Kenneth Smith seeks to answer these questions by analyzing works from the turn of the twentieth- century that are both harmonically enriched and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951988848Author Dave NicolsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 590g

A detailed study of the well-known, yet poorly understood, music theory of composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). The music theory of composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), originally entitled Unterweisung im Tonsatz, is well known, yet poorly understood...

This book teaches Baroque compositional techniques through writing and improvisation exercises and analysis of repertoire examples. It provides readers with a historical outlook by focusing largely on principles taught in treatises from the period...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540088017Author Dan MaskePage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788787131148Author Martin LohseFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Royal Danish Academy of MusicPublisher Royal Danish Academy of MusicWeight(grams) 327g

Never has there been such an exciting time to be a music teacher. Band, choir, and orchestra are ubiquitous in schools and have come to be known as the primary mode that students experience music at the secondary level. Similarly, elementary school...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933999435Author Flora LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Phanes Press,U.S.Publisher Phanes Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195373738Author Trevor HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906207328Author Tobe A. RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Cabot BooksPublisher Cabot BooksWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 215mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628451726Author L CherubiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Windham PressPublisher Windham PressWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788787131155Author Martin LohseFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Royal Danish Academy of MusicPublisher Royal Danish Academy of MusicWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983029823Author James G BeckwithFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Beckwith Guitar SystemsPublisher Beckwith Guitar SystemsWeight(grams)...