| Description |
xxxi, 467 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Larry Polansky -- On the development of the structural potentialities of rhythm, dynamics, and timbre in the early nontonal music of Arnold Schoenberg (1959) -- Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1961) -- Computer music experiences, 1961-1964 (1964) -- On the physical correlates of timbre (1965) -- Excerpts from "An experimental investigation of timbre---the violin" (1966) -- Form in twentieth-century music (1969-70) -- META Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1975) -- The chronological development of Carl Ruggles's melodic style (1977) -- Hierarchical temporal gestalt perception in music: a metric space model (with Larry Polansky) (1978-80) -- Introduction to "Contributions toward a quantitative theory of harmony" (1979) -- The structure of harmonic series aggregates (1979) -- John Cage and the theory of harmony (1983) -- Reflections after Bridge (1984) -- Review of Music as heard by Thomas Clifton (1985) -- About Changes: sixty-four studies for six harps (1987) -- Darmstadt lecture (1990) -- The several dimensions of pitch (1993/2003) -- On "crystal growth" in harmonic space (1993/2003) -- About Dispason (1996) -- Appendix 1. Pre-Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1959) -- Appendix 2. On musical parameters (ca. 1960-1961) -- Appendix 3. Excerpt from A history of 'consonance' and 'dissonance' (1988). |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Music theory -- History -- 20th century.
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Music theory. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Pratt, Lauren, editor.
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Wannamaker, Rob, editor.
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Winter, Michael, 1980- editor.
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Polansky, Larry, 1954- editor.
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| Added Title |
Writings in music theory |
| ISBN |
9780252038723 |
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025203872X |
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