Music in Theory and Practice: v. 2
7th Edition
Published on 1. August 2002
Book
Mixed media product
978-0-07-249297-2 (ISBN)
Description
Volume II of "Music in Theory and Practice" is an introduction to musical styles from the Renaissance to the present. It includes more complex chords, an emphasis on larger forms, and strategies for composition analysis. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire.
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Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
757 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-249297-2 (9780072492972)
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Persons
Bruce Benward has been widely regarded as one of the most gifted music theory pedagogues since his textbooks first appeared in the 1960s, and has exerted a wide influence on the teaching of music theory both through his writings and through the generation of teachers that he taught. He recently retired from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Content
Preface Part A: The Renaissance And Baroque Periods Chp. 1: Late Renaissance Polyphony Chp. 2: Two-Voice Eighteenth Century Counterpoint Chp. 3: The Fugue Part B: Chromatic Harmony Chp. 4: Borrowed Chords Chp. 5: Neapolitan 6th Chords Chp. 6: Augmented 6th Chords Part C: The Classical Period (1750-1825) Chp. 7: Variation Technique Chp. 8: Sonata Form Chp. 9: Rondo Forms Part D: Extended And Chromatic Harmony Chp. 10: 9th,11th, and 13th Chords Chp. 11: Altered Dominants Chp. 12: Chromatic Mediants Part E: The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries Chp. 13: The Romantic Period (1825-1900) Chp. 14: The Post-Romantic Impressionistic, and Related Styles Chp. 15: The Contemporary Period (1910-1945) Chp. 16: Twelve-Tone Technique Postlude: Music Since 1945 Appendixes Glossary Index