Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony - Softcover

L. Poundie Burstein; Joseph N. Straus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393417190 ISBN 13: 9780393417197

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

Synopsis

Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony has successfully introduced thousands of students to music theory. With the new Second Edition, Burstein and Straus have made the text better than ever by listening to professors and students and adding new coverage of post-tonal theory and more opportunities for music analysis. The text includes Norton's Know It? Show It! online pedagogy, which has been proven to help students develop theory skills.

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About the Author

L. Poundie Burstein is Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has taught at Mannes College, Queens College, and Columbia University. He has written many articles on tonal music and performed extensively as a pianist for comedy improvisation groups. He is President of the Society for Music Theory. Joseph Straus is Distinguished Professor of Music Theory at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Queens College and has held visiting positions at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, and New York University. He has many written articles and books on twentieth-century music and is the author of several textbooks, including Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Elements of Music, and Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory. He is a former President of the Society for Music Theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393417190
• ISBN 13: 9780393417197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400