Techniques and Materials of Music: From the Common Practice Period Through the Twentieth Century (with eWorkbook Printed Access Card)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0495189774 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Schirmer, Southern, and Transcontinental, and has CDs with the Albany label. A composer in residence and music director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival for 17 seasons, he has also received numerous commissions for compositions and arrangements for the Houston Symphony Orchestra. A composer, conductor, performer, and music theorist with more than 40 compositions published and recorded, he also holds fellowships and awards from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the National Endo
Numerous hands-on exercises promote students' memorization and retention of key concepts. An e-Workbook in PDF format provides more than 200 pages of exercises to complement TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC, 7th Edition.. The authors present essential materials of common-practice music and an overview of 20th century techniques. Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC covers all the basics of composition-including harmony, melody, and musical form. And the text's concise outline format, which has been enhanced for this edition, allows instructors maximum flexibility in choosing which materials, concepts, and techniques to emphasize in their course
"Benjamin, Horvit, and Nelson have succeeded in creating a concise and easy-to-use text that any music student will find very useful.""I think a strength of the book is the proportion of text to examples; in other words, there is less prose and more musical examples."
Good but lacks clarity This was for my gf and her school she likes it but lacks clarity.. Four Stars Has a online workbook thankfully.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Awesome