Synopses & Reviews
Theoretically current and pedagogically innovative, the series uses the phrase model approach to show students how music works in context. With a focus on real music literature that students know and play, it shows how music theory relates directly to practice and performance. includes all topics essential to first- and second-year theory for music majors, from fundamentals to post-tonal theory and analysis.
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With a focus on real music literature that students know and play, this text includes all topics essential to first- and second-year theory of music majors, from fundamentals to post-tonal theory and analysis.
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The Workbook is newly formatted as double sided, self-contained worksheets. It provides an abundance of drill-and-practice, part-writing, and analysis exercises to reinforce important skills.
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The Anthology includes over 100 pieces featured in the text, now expanded with more counterpoint, nineteenth-century chromatic music, and twentieth-century impressionist and modernist works.
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The Anthology features over 100 works (40 new) in contrasting musical styles'"from popular songs to German Lieder, from piano rags to minimalism, and from marches for band to anthems for choirs.
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Recordings feature alternative performances for class comparison (e.g., fortepiano and modern piano) and multiple hearings of SATB works in different textures (choral performance with text, soprano-bass and four-voice keyboard renditions).
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Emphasizing real music and music-making, gives students the hands-on tools they need to learn how music works.
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With Music Examples Recordings DVD
About the Author
Jane Piper Clendinning is professor of music theory at the Florida State University College of Music. She has published articles reflecting her interests in the history of theory, theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, computer pitch recognition, and computer applications in music. Her current research interests include theory and analysis of popular and world musics.