Quotation and Cultural Meaning in Twentieth-Century Music
ISBN: 9780521825092 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Musicians frequently incorporated portions of works by other musicians into their own compositions and performances throughout the twentieth century. This book examines how this practice of "quotation" affected cultural dialogues regarding race, childhood, madness and the mass media. When a musician borrows from a piece, he or she draws upon not only a melody but also the cultural associations of the original piece. By working with and altering a melody, a musician also transforms those associations.
Musicians frequently incorporated portions of works by other musicians into their own compositions and performances throughout the twentieth century. ...
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Compositional Theory in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9780674155237 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This ambitious study offers a panoramic survey of musical thought in the eighteenth century and, at the same time, a close analysis of the important theoretical topics of the period. The result is the most comprehensive account ever given of the theory behind the music of late Baroque and early Classical composers from Bach to Beethoven. While giving preeminent theorists their due, Joel Lester also examines the works of over one hundred eighteenth- and seventeenth-century writers to show how prominent theories were received and applied in actual teaching situations. Beginning with... This ambitious study offers a panoramic survey of musical thought in the eighteenth century and, at the same time, a close analysis of the importan... |
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240,43 zł |
Essential Dictionary Of Orchestra
ISBN: 9780739000212 / Angielski / Book / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At last, an orchestration book tailor-made for the classroom musician on a budget. Any teacher, student or professional musician, whether a composer, orchestrator, arranger, performer or enthusiast will find this thoroughly comprehensive dictionary full of the most needed information on over 150 instruments. Designed for quick and easy reference, the Essential Dictionary of Orchestration includes those much-needed instrument ranges, general characteristics, tone quality descriptions, technical pitfalls, useful scoring tips and much more!
At last, an orchestration book tailor-made for the classroom musician on a budget. Any teacher, student or professional musician, whether a composer, ...
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Musical Composition: Projects in Ways and Means
ISBN: 9780810812857 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed to help student composers achieve technical mastery and artistic growth.
Designed to help student composers achieve technical mastery and artistic growth.
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616,35 zł |
Bartók's Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style
ISBN: 9780810851634 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now available in paperback Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century. This in-depth study investigates Bartok's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints: the genesis of the pieces, their pedagogical value, and their stylistic qualities. The book is intended for piano teachers, students, and performers as well as anyone interested in Bartok's life...
Now available in paperback Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to...
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An Index to Music Published in The Etude Magazine, 1883-1957
ISBN: 9780810852839 / Angielski / Twarda / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Etude magazine was established in 1883 by Theodore Presser with $250 saved from his income as a music teacher. The subsequent history of the magazine and the Theodore Presser Company is one of the great entrepreneurial success stories of American music. The Etude remains one of the longest-lived music magazines in American history and is still a ubiquitous presence in flea markets and online auctions. In the early years, each issue published roughly five or six musical scores, but by the 1930's there were upwards of twenty compositions published each month. The resulting list of...
The Etude magazine was established in 1883 by Theodore Presser with $250 saved from his income as a music teacher. The subsequent history of the magaz...
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Music of Louis Andriessen
ISBN: 9780815337898 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Music of Louis Andriessen is a collection of interviews and essays about this avant-garde composer. This book presents the musician in dialogue with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators: Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Schonberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, writing for the stage and his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning. This text provides an introduction to his musical language.
The Music of Louis Andriessen is a collection of interviews and essays about this avant-garde composer. This book presents the musician in dialogue wi...
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701,59 zł |
Automated Music Composition
ISBN: 9780929398389 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you're a musician with no previous experience in computer programming, or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, "Automated Music Composition" has something to offer.
The book contains BASIC language tutorials for beginning programmers; an overview of computer music applications; a systematic exposition of the principles and techniques of automated music composition; insights into contemporary trends in music and computerized sound; principles of MIDI-interfaced computer/synthesizers; a beginning course in music composition, showing in detail how to create a... Whether you're a musician with no previous experience in computer programming, or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, "Automated M...
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139,74 zł |
Professional Orchestration 16-Stave Ruled Orchestral Sketchbook
ISBN: 9780939067688 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professional Orchestration's Orchestral Sketchbook is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive revision of the original Rimsky-Korsakov's Principles of Orchestration. Modeled after music papers used in film-scoring in Los Angeles with four pre-ruled bars per page, on heavy 50lb weight white paper. Organized top-down for Piccolo/Flute, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon/Bass Clarinet, French Horns, Trumpets, Trombones/Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, grand staff for Keyboards, Harp or Vocals, Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Basses. Can...
Professional Orchestration's Orchestral Sketchbook is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive r...
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48,56 zł |
Professional Orchestration 16-Stave Unruled Orchestral Sketchbook
ISBN: 9780939067695 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professional Orchestrations Orchestral Sketchbook" is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive revision of the original Rimsky-Korsakovs Principles of Orchestration. The volume can be used for score analysis or direct composition. (Music)
Professional Orchestrations Orchestral Sketchbook" is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive r...
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Musical Form
ISBN: 9781410224613 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CONTENTS Introduction Rhythm--Sentences and Phrases The Subdivisions of a Musical Sentence-- Sections and Motives Modulation-- Key-Relationship The Means of Modulation-- Modulation by Means of Triads The Construction of Simple Sentences with Regular Rhythm Irregular and Complex Rhythms The Simple Binary Form The Simple Ternary Form Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909) was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, and Professor of Music in the University of Dublin. He is also the author of Applied Form, Harmony: Its Theory and Practice and Counterpoint: Strict and Free. He...
CONTENTS Introduction Rhythm--Sentences and Phrases The Subdivisions of a Musical Sentence-- Sections and Motives Modulation-- Key-Relationship The Me...
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97,56 zł |
Technique for Composers
ISBN: 9781425996185 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Why and How to Teach Music Composition: A New Horizon for Music Education
ISBN: 9781565451544 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a philosophical foundation and rationale for teaching music composition, while discussing the teacher's role in composition instruction. Based on the Northwestern University Music Education Leadership Seminar directed by Bennett Reimer, professor emeritus at the Northwestern University School of Music.
Offers a philosophical foundation and rationale for teaching music composition, while discussing the teacher's role in composition instruction. Based ...
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289,94 zł |
Computer Composer's Toolbox
ISBN: 9781574411157 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Enter the world of computer-aided composition. It is easy with Phil Winsor's "Computer Composer's Toolbox." Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are a musician hoping to see what the computer can do for you or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, "Computer Composer's Toolbox" has something to offer. More than 100 ready-to-use subroutines are included to illuminate key concepts throughout the book.
Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are... Enter the world of computer-aided composition. It is easy with Phil Winsor's "Computer Composer's Toolbox." Discover the enormous creative and time-sa...
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An Open Design for Computer-Aided Algorithmic Music Composition: athenaCL
ISBN: 9781581122923 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dissertation introduces a new design for a computer-aided algorithmic music composition system. Rather than exploring specific algorithms, this study focuses on system and component design. The design introduced here is demonstrated through its implementation in athenaCL, a modular, polyphonic, poly-paradigm algorithmic music composition system in a cross-platform interactive command-line environment. The athenaCL system offers an open-source, object-oriented composition tool written in Python. The system can be scripted and embedded, and includes integrated instrument libraries,...
This dissertation introduces a new design for a computer-aided algorithmic music composition system. Rather than exploring specific algorithms, this s...
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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise: A Translation and Commentary
ISBN: 9780521239530 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise (1843) is a classic textbook by a master of the orchestra, which has not been available in English translation for over a century. This is a book by and about Berlioz, since it provides not only a new translation but also an extensive commentary on his text, dealing with the instruments of Berlioz's time and comparing his instruction with his practice. It is thus a study of the high craft of the most distinctive orchestrator of the nineteenth century.
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise (1843) is a classic textbook by a master of the orchestra, which has not been available in English translation for ov...
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The Musical Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition by J. F. Daube
ISBN: 9780521365642 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first English translation of Johann Friedrich Daube's Musical Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition (Vienna, 1773). Written as a practical, comprehensive guide for aristocratic dilettantes wishing to compose instrumental chamber music for their social entertainment, the treatise covers genres from duets to double fugues, and includes the earliest instruction in string quartets and idiomatic orchestration of symphonies. Daube's Musical Dilettante has long been overlooked due to his better-known Thorough-Bass in Three Chords (1756). Nevertheless, Musical Dilettante is the keystone...
This is the first English translation of Johann Friedrich Daube's Musical Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition (Vienna, 1773). Written as a practical...
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10 Truths of Songwriting: A Survival Guide
ISBN: 9781491774496 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing good songs is not easy-many talented musicians don't know how to do it. No matter what the obstacle might be, constructing a solid song can be an arduous process that frequently causes many musicians to give up. If you are interested in writing songs, making money from them, and ultimately being happy with the music you produce, 10 Truths of Songwriting can help. Longtime musician Chris M. Will simplifies the songwriting process, offering ten truths backed by real-life experience and examples. With Will's methods, you can consistently create music and lyrics that people love and... Writing good songs is not easy-many talented musicians don't know how to do it. No matter what the obstacle might be, constructing a solid song can... |
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Septimus Winner: Two Lives in Music
ISBN: 9780810845404 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most Americans are familiar with such classic folk tunes as "Ten Little Indians," "Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?" and "Listen to the Mockingbird." But the composer behind these childhood favorites has been all but forgotten. Septimus Winner: Two Lives in Musicchronicles the life and achievements of one man's extraordinarily unusual career in music. Though Septimus Winner was considered one of the forefathers of nineteenth-century American popular song, he published his most popular and enduring works under the female pseudonym of Alice Hawthorne. The author sheds some much...
Most Americans are familiar with such classic folk tunes as "Ten Little Indians," "Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?" and "Listen to the Moc...
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Music Publishing: The Roadmap to Royalties
ISBN: 9780415976206 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Music Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. Publishing in the music business goes far beyond the physical sheet--it includes live performance and mechanical (recording) rights, and income streams from licensing deals of various kinds. A single song can generate over thirty different royalty streams, and a writer must know how these royalties are calculated and who controls the flow of the money. Taking a practical approach, the authors -- one a successful music publisher and attorney, the other a songwriter and music... Music Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. Publishing in the music business goes far... |
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701,59 zł |