Creative Music Composition: The Young Composer's Voice

ISBN-13: 9780415974660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

Margaret Lucy Wilkins

Opis

Designed as an introductory textbook for music students, this text tackles the key ingredients that make for successful composition. It covers several musical languages, analyses various rhythmic forms, and suggests approaches for composing for a variety of instruments, as well as for the human voice.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Glossary of Terms. 1. Young Composers and a Creative Environment. 2. Concepts of the Imagination 3. Structures 4. Musical Languages 5. Technical Exercises 6. Exploring Instruments 7. Composing for Traditional Ensembles 8. Composing for Voices 9. Composing for a Monodic Instrument 10. Moving Ahead. Music Examples. Contents of the CD. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Margaret Lucy Wilkins is a noted composer and educator. From 1976 until her retirement in 2003, she directed the Composition program at the University of Huddersfield (UK), where 250 students a year enroll in a "free composition" course. She also is a well-known composer and conductor, with many commissions for her own work.