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From Scratch : Writings in Music Theory.
Title:
From Scratch : Writings in Music Theory.
Author:
Tenney, James.
ISBN:
9780252096679
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (505 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Edition -- Introduction by Larry Polansky -- 1.On the Development of the Structural Potentialities of Rhythm, Dynamics, and Timbre in the Early N -- 2. Meta / Hodos (1961) -- 3. Computer Music Experiences, 1961-1964 (1964) -- 4. On the Physical Correlates of Timbre (1965) -- 5. Excerpts from "An Experimental Investigation of Timbre-the Violin" (1966) -- 6. Form in Twentieth-Century Music (1969-70) -- 7. META Meta / Hodos (1975) -- 8. The Chronological Development of Carl Ruggles's Melodic Style (1977) -- 9 Hierarchical Temporal Gestalt Perception in Music A Metric Space Model (with Larry Polansky) (1978 -- 10. Introduction to "Contributions toward a Quantitative Theory of Harmony" (1979) -- 11. The Structure of Harmonic Series Aggregates (1979) -- 12. John Cage and the Theory of Harmony (1983) -- 13. Reflections after Bridge (1984) -- 14. Review of Music as Heard by Thomas Clifton (1985) -- 15. About Changes: Sixty-Four Studies for Six Harps (1987) -- 16. Darmstadt Lecture (1990) -- 17. The Several Dimensions of Pitch (1993/2003) -- 18. On "Crystal Growth" in Harmonic Space (1993/2003) -- 19. About Diapason (1996) -- Appendix 1. Pre-Meta / Hodos (1959) -- Appendix 2. On Musical Parameters (ca. 1960-61) -- Appendix 3. Excerpt from A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' (1988) -- Publication History -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
Essential music-theoretical writings from a giant of avant-garde composing.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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