The Cambridge History Of Western Music Theory

Author : Thomas Christensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781316025482

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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory by Thomas Christensen Pdf

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical subject, the volume has been organized within a flexible framework. Some chapters are defined chronologically within a restricted historical domain, whilst others are defined conceptually and span longer historical periods. Together the thirty-one chapters present a synthetic overview of the fascinating and complex subject that is historical music theory. Richly enhanced with illustrations, graphics, examples and cross-citations as well as being thoroughly indexed and supplemented by comprehensive bibliographies of the most important primary and secondary literature, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

Author : Thomas Christensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521686989

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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory by Thomas Christensen Pdf

The first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language.

Author : Zelda Potgieter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527563247

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Structural and Ornamental Diatonic Harmony in Western Music, c.1700 – 1880 by Zelda Potgieter Pdf

This book provides first-year university students majoring in western art music with a thorough study of both structural and ornamental diatonic harmony in the Common Practice Period (c.1700 until the late 1800s). It provides one of the most comprehensive coverages of the topic of ornamental diatonic harmony published to date, and offers ample musical examples to illustrate the concepts explained, as well as exercises in creative four-part writing, analysis, aural development and keyboard harmony to practice the application of these concepts. Understanding the difference between the way chords act at the structural level and the ornamental level explains why rules that apply to one do not necessarily apply to the other, providing novel insights into the interplay between harmony and melody and renewed appreciation for the ingenious ways in which composers throughout the Common Practice Period exploited these techniques.

Author : Thomas J. Mathiesen
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0803230796

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Apollo's Lyre by Thomas J. Mathiesen Pdf

Ancient Greek music and music theory has fascinated scholars for centuries not only because of its intrinsic interest as a part of ancient Greek culture but also because the Greeks? grand concept of music has continued to stimulate musical imaginations to the present day. Unlike earlier treatments of the subject, Apollo?s Lyre is aimedøprincipally at the reader interested in the musical typologies, the musical instruments, and especially the historical development of music theory and its transmission through the Middle Ages. The basic method and scope of the study are set out in a preliminary chapter, followed by two chapters concentrating on the role of music in Greek society, musical typology, organology, and performance practice. The next chapters are devoted to the music theory itself, as it developed in three stages: in the treatises of Aristoxenus and the Sectio canonis; during the period of revival in the second century C.E.; and in late antiquity. Each theorist and treatise is considered separately but always within the context of the emerging traditions. The theory provides a remarkably complete and coherent system for explaining and analyzing musical phenomena, and a great deal of its conceptual framework, as well as much of its terminology, was borrowed and adapted by medieval Latin, Byzantine, and Arabic music theorists, a legacy reviewed in the final chapter. Transcriptions and analyses of some of the more complete pieces of Greek music preserved on papyrus or stone, or in manuscript, are integrated with a consideration of the musicopoetic types themselves. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography for the field, updating and expanding the author?s earlier Bibliography of Sources for the Study of Ancient Greek Music.

Author : Joel Lester
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0674155238

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Compositional Theory in the Eighteenth Century by Joel Lester Pdf

This is the most comprehensive account ever given of the theory behind the music of Baroque and Classical composers, from Bach to Beethoven. While giving preeminent theorists their due in this panoramic survey of musical thought, Joel Lester also examines the works of more than one hundred seventeenth- and eighteenth century writers.

Author : Mark Everist,Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108577076

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Music by Mark Everist,Thomas Forrest Kelly Pdf

Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside this account of the core repertory of monophony, The Cambridge History of Medieval Music tells the story of the birth of polyphonic music, and studies the genres of organum, conductus, motet and polyphonic song. Key composers of the period are introduced, such as Leoninus, Perotinus, Adam de la Halle, Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut, and other chapters examine topics ranging from musical theory and performance to institutions, culture and collections.

Author : Georgina Born,David Hesmondhalgh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520220838

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Western Music and Its Others by Georgina Born,David Hesmondhalgh Pdf

"[Western Music and Its Others] will be taken as an important book signalling a new turn within the field. It takes the best features of traditional, rigorous scholarship and brings these to bear upon contemporary, more speculative questions. The level of theoretical sophistication is high. The studies within it are polemical and timely and of lasting scholarly value."--Will Straw, co-editor of Theory Rules: Art as Theory/ Theory and Art "The great value of this collection lies in the wealth of questions that it raises--questions that together crystallize the recent concerns of musicology with force and clarity. But it also lies in the authors' resistance to the easy 'postmodernist' answers that threaten to turn new musicology prematurely grey. The editors' comprehensive, intellectually adventurous introduction exemplifies the sort of eager yet properly skeptical receptivity to scholarly innovation that fosters lasting disciplinary reform. It alone is worth the price of the book." --Richard Taruskin, author of Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works Through " Mavra" "When cultural-studies methods first appeared in musicology 15 years ago, they triggered a storm of polemics that sometimes overshadowed the important issues being raised. As the canon wars recede, however, scholars are finding it possible to focus on the concerns that led them to cultural criticism in the first place: the study of music and its political meanings. Western Music and Its Others brings together leading musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and specialists in film and popular music to explore the ways European and North American musicians have drawn on or identified themselves in tension with the musical practices of Others. In a series of essays ranging from examination of the Orientalist tropes of early 20th-century Modernists to the tangled claims for ownership in today's World Music, the authors in this collection greatly advance both our knowledge of specific case studies and our intellectual awareness of the complexity and urgency of these problems. A timely intervention that should help push music studies to the next level." --Susan McClary, author of Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form (2000) "This collection provides a sophisticated model for using theory to interrogate music and music to interrogate theory. The essays both take up and challenge the dominance of notions of representation in cultural theory as they explore the relevance of the concepts of hybridity and otherness for contemporary art music. Sophisticated theory, erudite scholarship and a very real appreciation for the specificities of music make this a powerful and important addition to our understanding of both culture and music." --Lawrence Grossberg, author of Dancing in Spite of Myself

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521454298

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The Cambridge History of American Music by David Nicholls Pdf

The Cambridge History of American Music, first published in 1998, celebrates the richness of America's musical life. It was the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. American music is an intricate tapestry of many cultures, and the History reveals this wide array of influences from Native, European, African, Asian, and other sources. The History begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then explores the social, historical, and cultural events of musical life in the period until 1900. Other contributors examine the growth and influence of popular musics, including film and stage music, jazz, rock, and immigrant, folk, and regional musics. The volume also includes valuable chapters on twentieth-century art music, including the experimental, serial, and tonal traditions.

Author : Steven Rings
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199874682

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Tonality and Transformation by Steven Rings Pdf

Tonality and Transformation is a groundbreaking study in the analysis of tonal music. Focusing on the listener's experience, author Steven Rings employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing - from the infusion of sounding pitches with familiar tonal qualities to sensations of directedness and attraction. In the process, Rings introduces a host of new analytical techniques for the study of the tonal repertory, demonstrating their application in vivid interpretive set pieces on music from Bach to Mahler. The analyses place the book's novel techniques in dialogue with existing tonal methodologies, such as Schenkerian theory, avoiding partisan debate in favor of a methodologically careful, pluralistic approach. Rings also engages neo-Riemannian theory-a popular branch of transformational thought focused on chromatic harmony-reanimating its basic operations with tonal dynamism and bringing them into closer rapprochement with traditional tonal concepts. Written in a direct and engaging style, with lively prose and plain-English descriptions of all technical ideas, Tonality and Transformation balances theoretical substance with accessibility: it will appeal to both specialists and non-specialists. It is a particularly attractive volume for those new to transformational theory: in addition to its original theoretical content, the book offers an excellent introduction to transformational thought, including a chapter that outlines the theory's conceptual foundations and formal apparatus, as well as a glossary of common technical terms. A contribution to our understanding of tonal phenomenology and a landmark in the analytical application of transformational techniques, Tonality and Transformation is an indispensible work of music theory.

Author : Thomas Street Christensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1316023710

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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory by Thomas Street Christensen Pdf

Author : Iain Fenlon,Richard Wistreich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108671279

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The Cambridge History of Sixteenth-Century Music by Iain Fenlon,Richard Wistreich Pdf

Part of the seminal Cambridge History of Music series, this volume departs from standard histories of early modern Western music in two important ways. First, it considers music as something primarily experienced by people in their daily lives, whether as musicians or listeners, and as something that happened in particular locations, and different intellectual and ideological contexts, rather than as a story of genres, individual counties, and composers and their works. Second, by constraining discussion within the limits of a 100-year timespan, the music culture of the sixteenth century is freed from its conventional (and tenuous) absorption within the abstraction of 'the Renaissance', and is understood in terms of recent developments in the broader narrative of this turbulent period of European history. Both an original take on a well-known period in early music and a key work of reference for scholars, this volume makes an important contribution to the history of music.

Author : Dmitri Tymoczko
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780195336672

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A Geometry of Music by Dmitri Tymoczko Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Tymoczko uses contemporary geometry to provide a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz.

Author : Stefano Mengozzi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521884150

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The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory by Stefano Mengozzi Pdf

A detailed study of the sight-singing method introduced by the 11th-century monk Guido of Arezzo, in its intellectual context.

Author : Peter Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521617073

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The Organ in Western Culture, 750-1250 by Peter Williams Pdf

How did the organ become a church instrument? In this fascinating investigation Peter Williams speculates on this question and suggests some likely answers. Central to the story he uncovers is the liveliness of European monasticism around 1000 and the ability and imagination of the Benedictine reformers.

Author : Nicholas Cook,Anthony Pople
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521662567

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The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music by Nicholas Cook,Anthony Pople Pdf

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