Theory

Starting from the late Renaissance, efforts to make vocal music more expressive heightened the power of words, which, in turn, gave birth to the modern semantics of musical expression. As the skepticism of seventeenth-century science divorced the...

Written by master teachers Poundie Burstein and Joe Straus, the workbook that accompanies Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Second Edition, provides your students with the practice they need to master music theory. The workbook contains hundreds of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780064671682Author George Thaddeus JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Longman Higher EducationPublisher Longman

Artist Peter Coffin began his work with the iconic designs of LA's Colby Poster Printing Company in 2008. Over the years, he solicited artists and friends to contribute their dream concerts-invented lineups for impossible gigs-and combined them with the...

Listening to music is not merely something one does, but something central to a way of living. Listening has the power to transport one into another way of being. It is a mode of feeling and forms the bedrock of deep emotion. Written from the viewpoint...

The Western musical tradition has produced not only music, but also countless writings about music that remain in continuous - and enormously influential - dialogue with their subject. With sweeping scope and philosophical depth, "A Language of Its...

The book presents the fundamentals of music science, followed by a discussion on the historical evolution of music. An introduction to the analysis of signals in time and frequency is presented, which includes sound and noise. Features and mathematical...

This book is addressed to the listener whose enjoyment of music is filled with questions and whose curiosity makes him eager to grasp the sense of music, despite a lack of theoretical training. Unlike the usual listener's guide, which begins with a...

Who inspired Johannes Brahms in his art of writing music? In this book, Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes provides a fresh look at the ways in which Brahms employed musical references to works of earlier composers in his own instrumental music. By analyzing newly...

In recent decades, increased specialization has sharply separated music theory from historical musicology. Music Theory and the Exploration of the Past brings together a group of essays--written by theorists and musicologists--that seek to bridge this...

This collection of nineteen essays, all by leaders in the field of music theory, reflects the rich diversity of topics and approaches currently being explored. The contributions fall within three principal areas of study that have remained at the heart...

Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score, Third Edition is a complete course package for undergraduate courses on musical forms, with comprehensive coverage from the Baroque to the Romantic. Placing emphasis on listening, it teaches...

The Fundamentals Text That Emphasizes Music Making. This music fundamentals textbook is for both aspiring music majors and non-majors. Based on an anthology of works from music literature, it features clear, concise explanations, extensive written...

The New Soundtrack brings together leading edge academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images. Former editors of The Soundtrack, Stephen Deutsch, Larry Sider and Dominic Power, bring their expertise to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714543772Author H. F. GartenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Overture PublishingPublisher Alma Books LtdWeight(grams) 183g

How is creativity understood and facilitated across music education settings? What is the power of creativity in enhancing individual and group learning? How is musical creativity used as a tool for cross-community integration? How can we research the...

For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music. But was this concept familiar in the eighteenth century? If so, how is it reflected in writings of eighteenth-century music theorists? And how...

Music and Levels of Narration in Film is the first book-length study to synthesize scholarly contributions toward a narrative theory of film music. Moving beyond the distinction between diegetic and nondiegetic music - or music that is not understood as...

Films are the lingua franca of western culture; for decades they have provided viewers with a universal way of understanding the human experience. And film music, Kutter Callaway demonstrates, has such a profound effect on the human spirit that it...

Thresholds of Listening addresses recent and historical changes in the ways listening has been conceived. Listening, having been emancipated from the passive, subjected position of reception, has come to be asserted as an active force in culture and in...

How do globalization and internationalization impact music education around the world? By acknowledging different cultural values and priorities, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel's vision challenges the current state of international music education and higher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980280265Author Peter RechnievskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Currency House IncPublisher Currency House IncWeight(grams) 131g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939994462Author R. Ryan EndrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners

"The outstanding originality of this book lies in the detail and perspicuity with which interrelations are traced between texts, it even seems that relations sometimes work backwards. Above all, this book does not offer a 'theory of intertextuality.'...

This book demonstrates, in fascinating diversity, how musicians in the nineteenth century thought about and described music. The analysis of music took many forms (verbal, diagrammatic, tabular, notational, graphic), was pursued for many different...

Graphic Music Analysis presents Schenkerian analysis in a practical and engaging manner that will resonate with musicology, theory, and composition students, as well as performing musicians. With over 650 musical examples, Eric Wen guides students...

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

Drawing on Timothy Cutler's extensive pedagogical experience, this anthology provides ideal examples for any theory class. Consisting of excerpts organized by topic, the anthology is designed to support any theory text and contains the perfect examples...

Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence-as well as his skill as a jazz pianist-to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical...

The Politics of Appropriation uncovers a largely forgotten chapter in music history by considering the intersection of music and Hellenism in nineteenth-century Germany. While the influence of Greece on the literature, art, architecture, and philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781705102725Author Tom FlemingPage Count 128Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

If pictures can be sexist, can analysing sound reveal sexism, too? Where is the language to discuss sexism in music? L.J. Muller tackles these important questions in their 2018 German book titled Sound und Sexismus, which was awarded the IASPM 2019 book...

Two-Dimensional Sonata Form is the first book dedicated to the combination of the movements of a multimovement sonata cycle with an overarching single-movement form that is itself organized as a sonata form. Drawing on a variety of historical and recent...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032356198Author Staephane AubinetImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Was hält Musik zusammen? Wie greifen unterschiedliche musikalische Parameter ineinander? Wie entstehen musikalische Formen, Wirkungen und Bedeutungen? Welche Konzepte und Methoden der musikalischen Analyse haben Forschende und Lehrende entwickelt, um...

Postgraduate Research in Music: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Thesis is an essential text for music students who are undertaking postgraduate research. Unique in its approach and scope, this is a "how to" book, a practical guide that sets out,...

Guido Adlers Aufsatz „Umfang, Methode und Ziel der Musikwissenschaft“ von 1885 ist das wohl einflussreichste Gründungsdokument der Universitätsdisziplin Musikwissenschaft. Aber auch vor und v.a. nach Adler haben Fachvertreterinnen und -vertreter immer...

Brought to you by Penguin. Every Valley tells the extraordinary story behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written – a cinematic and moving drama of entangled lives at a pivotal moment in history.London, 1741.An actress mired...