Materials and techniques of post-tonal music / Stefan Kostka, Matthew Santa.

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Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition provides the most comprehensive introduction to post-tonal music and its analysis available. Covering music from the end of the nineteenth century through the beginning of the twenty-first, it offers students a clear guide to understanding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kostka, Stefan M. (Author)
Santa, Matthew (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Composition (Music)
Music > 19th century > Analysis, appreciation.
Music > 20th century > Analysis, appreciation.
Atonale Musik.
1800-1999
Physical Description:xvi, 337 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The twilight of the tonal system
  • Scale formations in post-tonal music
  • The vertical dimension : chords and simultaneities
  • The horizontal dimension : melody and voice leading
  • Harmonic progression and tonality
  • Developments in rhythm
  • Form in post-tonal music
  • Imports and allusions
  • Nonserial atonality
  • Classical serialism
  • Timbre and texture : acoustic
  • Timbre and texture : electronic
  • Serialism after 1945
  • The roles of chance and choice in twentieth-century music
  • Minimalism and beyond