
The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 8. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
1064 pages
978-0-393-44240-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The most pedagogically sophisticated text on the market, The Musician's Guide is the most complete resource for the theory curriculum that anyone can use. Successful online Know It? Show It! pedagogy and a comprehensive workbook help students develop theory skills inside the classroom and out. With a wider, more inclusive, repertoire than ever, the text explores music that will be relevant to every musician with clear, accessible prose.
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Edition
Fourth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1892 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-44240-3 (9780393442403)
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Jane Piper Clendinning | Elizabeth West Marvin
Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis
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approx. 07/2026
5th Edition
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Jane Piper Clendinning | Elizabeth West Marvin
The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis
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08/2016
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Persons
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. She has served as the chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee and as an AP reader, and is a regular consultant at AP workshops and summer Institutes. Elizabeth West Marvin is Minehan Professor Emerita of Music Theory and former dean of academic affairs at the Eastman School of Music. She has published in the areas of music cognition, music theory pedagogy, theory and analysis of atonal music, contour theory, history of theory, and analysis and performance. She is past president of the Society for Music Theory and past co-chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee. Marvin is the 2012 recipient of the Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Music Theory Teaching and Scholarship.
Author
Florida State University College of Music
Eastman School of Music