| Description |
xi, 168 pages : music ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Longman music series
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Longman music series.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 165. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. -- On the 12-tone system -- The tonal and 12-tone systems -- The 12-tone system introduced -- Composition, analysis, and perception -- -- Chapter 2. -- Fundamental principles and definitions -- Pitch-based musical systems -- Order versus content -- Definitions -- -- Chapter 3. -- Surface -- -- Chapter 4. -- Rhythm -- -- Chapter 5. -- Melody -- Melodic construction -- Chord tone distribution -- Voice leading -- -- Chapter 6. -- Revision -- Register -- Octaves -- Duration -- Other considerations -- -- Chapter 7. -- The 12-tone pitch system: elements and operations -- Numerical notation -- Operations -- -- Chapter 8. -- The 12-tone pitch system: further operations -- Multiplicative transformation -- Rotation -- Remarks -- -- Chapter 9. -- The 12-tone pitch system: extensions -- Derivation -- Partitioning -- Combinatoriality -- Remarks -- -- Chapter 10. -- Rhythmic organization: the time-point system -- Fundamental principles -- Elements and operations -- Time-pitch correlation -- -- Chapter 11. -- Form and composition -- -- Chapter 12. -- Formal organization: extending the time-point system -- Basic divisions: from sectional structure to foreground rhythm -- The nesting method. |
| Subject |
Composition (Music)
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Composition (Music) |
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Twelve-tone system.
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Twelve-tone system. |
| ISBN |
0582280591 |
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