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Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music » (3rd Edition)

Book cover image of Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music by Stefan Kostka

Authors: Stefan Kostka
ISBN-13: 9780131930803, ISBN-10: 013193080X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: 3rd Edition

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Author Biography: Stefan Kostka

Book Synopsis

KEY BENEFIT: This book provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to 20th-Century 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 Twentieth-Century music.

For individuals interested in music theory and harmony; and an analysis and history of 20th-century music.

Table of Contents

1The twilight of the tonal system1
2Scale formations in twentieth-century music22
3The vertical dimension : chords and simultaneities46
4The horizontal dimension : melody and voice leading74
5Harmonic progression and tonality98
6Developments in rhythm114
7Form in twentieth-century music140
8Imports and allusions157
9Nonserial atonality175
10Classical serialism198
11Timbre and texture : acoustic222
12Timbre and texture : electronic245
13Serialism after 1945264
14The roles of change and choice in twentieth-century music284
15Minimalism and beyond301
AppPrime forms, forte labels, and interval-class vectors319

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