Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music
ISBN: 9780205794553 | 0205794556
Edition: 4thFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: PEARSON
Pub. Date: 1/1/2012
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
This text provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to post-tonal music available from Impressionism to recent trends. It covers music from the early 1900s through such movements as Minimalism and the Neoromanticism of the 1990's, and includes chapters on rhythm, form, electronic and computer music, and the roles of chance and choice in post-tonal music
Introduces basic concepts of contemporary post-tonal music theory.
... MORE
This text provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to post-tonal music available from Impressionism to recent trends. It covers music from the early 1900s through such movements as Minimalism and the Neoromanticism, and includes chapters on rhythm, form, electronic and computer music, and the roles of chance and choice in post-tonal music.
Teaching and Learning Experience
- Personalize Learning- MySearchLab offers assets for further study, including research databases, information on how to write a research paper, and subject libraries.Improve Active Listening- Chapter-end exercises involve drills, analysis, composition, as well as several listening assignments.Engage Students- Coverage of all facets of materials and techniques, from microtonal scale to melodic organization, chord structures, and Serialism.Support Instructors- Supported by the best instructor resources on the market; MySearchLab and an Instructor’s Manual.
Note: MySearchLab does no come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit www.MySearchLab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab (ISBN 0205239013, 9780205239016)
Chapter 1 The Twilight of the Tonal System.
Chapter 2 Scale Formations in Post-Tonal Music.
Chapter 3 The Vertical Dimension: Chords and Simultaneities.
Chapter 4 The Horizontal Dimension: Melody and Voice Leading.
Chapter 5 Harmonic Progre... MORE
Chapter 6 Developments in Rhythm.
Chapter 7 Form in Post-Tonal Music.
Chapter 8 Imports and Allusions.
Chapter 9 Nonserial Atonality.
Chapter 10 Classical Serialism.
Chapter 11 Timbre and Texture: Acoustic.
Chapter 12 Timbre and Texture: Electronic.
Chapter 13 Serialism After 1945.
Chapter 14 The Roles of Chance and Choice in Post-Tonal Music.
Chapter 15 Minimalism and Beyond.
Stefan Kostka received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and served on the faculties of The Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, he is the author (with Roger Graybill) of Anthology of Music for Analysis and (with Dorothy Payne) of Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth Century Music. Kostka is now a University of Texas Professor Emeritus, and resides in northwest Massachusetts.
