"Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communications and travel. We live now in a world of global musical practice that will onl…
"Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communications and travel. We live now in a world of global musical practice that will onl…
While some of the bases for the foray into possible methods for a 21st-century music theory lie along established acoustical and psycho-acoustical lines, Hijleh applies them conceptually and comprehensively to a variety of music in a relevant way that can be readily apprehended …
Conferences, workshops and curricula are for the first time beginning to develop around the theme of "world music theory," as students, teachers and researchers recognize the need for analytical concepts and methods applicable to a wider range of human musics. This book proposes…
"Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communications and travel. We live now in a world of global musical practice that will onl…
"Despite Messiaen's position as one of the greatest technical innovators of the twentieth century, his musical language has not been comprehensively defined and investigated. The composer's 1944 theoretical study, The Technique of My Musical Language, expounds only its initial s…
En quelques chapitres, toujours illustrés d'exemples, l'auteur construit une vaste progression pédagogique alliant références, conseils, mises en garde, méthodes pour progresser et modèles de rédaction. Le livre est complété par des tableaux pratiques (frise chronologique, antho…
Many contemporary composers and music critics say in an offhand way that all music written in the past quarter century is about music--that it is reflexive and self-referential in some significant sense. It is music in search of an understanding of itself. This book tries to dee…