Musical composition / Reginald Smith Brindle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brindle, Reginald Smith, 1917-2003.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Music).

Physical Description:

viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Summary:

Musical composition is a key discipline in music programs in conservatories, colleges, and universities. Many teachers consider it as important in the development of young musicians as listening and performance. It can be argued that through compositions musicians achieve the deepest insight into the composer and his music. Musical Composition takes the student through the elements--melody, harmony, counterpoint, and rhythm--before covering a variety of special subjects such as writing vocal and choral music, accompaniments, and film and TV music. Chapters are devoted to recent techniques including free diatonicism, serialism, and indeterminacy. Over 200 examples illustrate points in the text and there are exercises for each chapter.

Contents:

1 Composition: key to musicianship 1

2 First ideas 4

3 Formal principles 7

4 Melody 13

5 Harmony and counterpoint 35

6 Vocal writing 49

7 Accompaniments 59

8 The piece as a whole 72

9 Choral music 75

10 Technical expansions: 1 (Free pentatonic music; Free diatonicism; The whole-tone scale; Bitonality and polytonality; Harmony in fourths) 88

11 Technical expansions: 2 (Towards atonality; Atonality; Free chromaticism or free twelve-note music; Twelve-note harmony) 111

12 Serialism 125

13 Indeterminacy, graph scores, text scores, improvisation 148

14 Practical applications 160.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0193171082

0193171074

OCLC:

12345023