Pieces of Tradition
Title | Pieces of Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Harrison |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2016-05-02 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 019024447X |
This book is about how music "in a key" is composed. Further, it is about how such music was composed when it was no longer compulsory to do so, starting a few years before the First World War. In an eclectic journey through the history of compositional technique, Daniel Harrison contends that the tonal system did not simply die out with the dawn of twentieth century, but continued to supplement newer techniques as a compelling means of musical organization, even into current times. Well-known art music composers such as Bartok, Hindemith, Prokofiev, and Messiaen are represented alongside composers whose work moves outside the standard boundaries of art music: Leonard Bernstein, Murice Duruflé, Frank Martin, Xiaoyong Chen. Along the way, the book attends to military bugle calls, a trailer before a movie feature, a recomposition of a famous piece by Arnold Schoenberg, and the music of Neil Diamond, David Shire, and Brian Wilson. A celebration of the awesome variety of musical expressions encompassed in what is called tonal music, Pieces of Tradition is a book for composers seeking ideas and effects, music theorists interested in its innovations, and all those who practice the analysis of composition in all its modern and traditional variations.
Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Tradition
Title | Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | John Covach |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2013-12-19 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1134430450 |
This issue explores the often uneasy relationship betwen rock and classical music by presenting a range of essays on the composers, performers, theorists, historians, critics and listeners who welcome the difficult but fruitful intercourse between classical and popular culture. Fascinating philosophical and analytical issues arise as a picture of the rich historical relationship between the two media emerges. John Covach is associate professor of music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published numerous articles on rock music, twelve-tone music and theory, and the philosophy of music. He is co-editor, with Graeme Boone, of Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis (Oxford UP, 1997). Also includes 32 musical examples. Walter Everett is associate professor of music of Music at the University of Michigan. He has published numerous articles on rock music, art song, opera, Schenkerian theory, and other topics. He is author of The Beatles as Musicans: Revolver through the Anthology (O
Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition
Title | Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | David Beach |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2012-05-04 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1136329757 |
Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in music analysis. It outlines a process of analyzing works in the Classical tradition by uncovering the construction of a piece of music—the formal, harmonic, rhythmic, and voice-leading organizations—as well as its unique features. It develops an in-depth approach that is applied to works by composers including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. The book begins with foundational chapters in music theory, starting with basic diatonic harmony and progressing rapidly to more advanced topics, such as phrase design, phrase expansion, and chromatic harmony. The second part contains analyses of complete musical works and movements. The text features over 150 musical examples, including numerous complete annotated scores. Suggested assignments at the end of each chapter guide students in their own musical analysis.
Tradition
Title | Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Brendan Kiely |
Publisher | Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2019-05-07 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1481480359 |
“Deeply felt, powerful, devastating and, ultimately, hopeful.” — Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star “Powerful and necessary…an important, timely book.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be “A story that belongs in every library.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “A thoughtfully crafted argument for feminism and allyship.” —Kirkus Reviews From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a stunning novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious boarding school. Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy. Jules Devereux just wants to keep her head down, avoid distractions, and get into the right college, so she can leave Fullbrook and its old-boy social codes behind. Jamie Baxter feels like an imposter at Fullbrook, but the hockey scholarship that got him in has given him a chance to escape his past and fulfill the dreams of his parents and coaches, whose mantra rings in his ears: Don’t disappoint us. As Jules and Jamie’s lives intertwine, and the pressures to play by the rules and to keep the school’s toxic secrets, they are faced with a powerful choice: remain silent while others get hurt, or stand together against the ugly, sexist traditions of an institution that believes it can do no wrong.
Compositional Tradition and Novelty in Piano Character Pieces by Russian Saint Petersburg Composers of Second Half of the Twentieth to the Beginning of the Twenty-First Centuries
Title | Compositional Tradition and Novelty in Piano Character Pieces by Russian Saint Petersburg Composers of Second Half of the Twentieth to the Beginning of the Twenty-First Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Galina Diveeva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Piano music |
ISBN |
Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts and Scarce Editions; With Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a Few Originals by the Editor
Title | Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts and Scarce Editions; With Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a Few Originals by the Editor PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Jamieson |
Publisher | Palala Press |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2015-12-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781347376140 |
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Pieces of Pride
Title | Pieces of Pride PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Dolland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 27 |
Release | 1998* |
Genre | African American cooking |
ISBN |