Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music (4th Edition) - Softcover

Kostka, Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205794556 ISBN 13: 9780205794553

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Introduces basic concepts of contemporary post-tonal music theory.

 

Provides a comprehensive text covering analytical and compositional aspects of post tonal music from the early 1900’s through today.

 

This text provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to post-tonal music available from Impressionism to recent trends. It covers music from the early 1900s through such movements as Minimalism and the Neoromanticism, and includes chapters on rhythm, form, electronic and computer music, and the roles of chance and choice in post-tonal music.

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

• Personalize Learning- MySearchLab offers assets for further study, including research databases, information on how to write a research paper, and subject libraries.
• Improve Active Listening- Chapter-end exercises involve drills, analysis, composition, as well as several listening assignments.
• Engage Students- Coverage of all facets of materials and techniques, from microtonal scale to melodic organization, chord structures, and Serialism.
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About this title

About the Author:

Stefan Kostka received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and served on the faculties of The Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, he is the author (with Roger Graybill) of Anthology of  Music for Analysis and (with Dorothy Payne) of Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth Century Music. Kostka is now a University of Texas Professor Emeritus, and resides in northwest Massachusetts. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0205794556
• ISBN 13: 9780205794553
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 352