Students today have grown up in the age of digital technology. As a result, they process information in radically different ways than preceding generations. They like their information fast and consider visual images as important as textual content. In Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician, Teresa Davidian finally provides students a textbook that is quick, direct, and visual--a direct reflection of the age in which they live. This book is easy to understand, comprehensive, and distinctly modern in its approach to the study of counterpoint. Written in a style that is clear, simple,...

Davidian reexamines the characteristics of some of Debussy's major works to consider why they still move audiences on multiple emotional levels in accessible language. She discusses at a variety of works, looking beneath the surface of the music to explain its power while contextualizing them within Debussy's life and oeuvre.