Haydn never discussed his ideas about composition in much detail, either in the interviews he gave to an early biographer or in his surviving correspondence. Moreover, relatively few sketches of his compositions have been preserved. Attempts to reconstruct Haydn's compositional …
"This book is an ideal foundation for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also highly suited for self-instruction by research investigators interested in applying computational methods of analysis and by information technologists associated with academic and…
"This book is an ideal foundation for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also highly suited for self-instruction by research investigators interested in applying computational methods of analysis and by information technologists associated with academic and…
Explanation and critical examination of many theories in the philosophy and theory of music. Moral significance of music, its place in our culture, the need for taste and discrimination in both performer and listener.
The book starts from the metaphysics of sound. Scruton distinguishes sound from tone, analyzes rhythm, melody, and harmony, and explores the various dimensions of musical organization and musical meaning. Taking on various fashionable theories in the philosophy and theory of mus…
The music of Alban Berg
by Headlam, Dave, (David John)
fromComposers of the twentieth century
Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935), along with his contemporaries Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, dramatically altered the musical landscape of the Western world. In this original book, Dave Headlam offers a comprehensive analysis of Berg's music. He examines each of t…
Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935), along with his contemporaries Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, dramatically altered the musical landscape of the Western world. In this original book, Dave Headlam offers a comprehensive analysis of Berg's music. He examines each of t…
The first stage in the determination of a crystal structure is the measurement of the intensities of the Bragg reflexions. This book is concerned with counter-methods of measuring these intensities. The use of counter methods has spread rapidly in recent years with the developme…
Shostakovich studies
Few composers' posthumous reputations have grown as steadily as Shostakovich's. Yet outside the concert hall the focus of attention seems to have been on the extraordinary circumstances of his life rather than on the music itself. This book seeks to show that the power of his wo…