The Musician's Guide the Theory and Analysis - Hardcover

Clendinning, Jane Piper; Marvin, Elizabeth West

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393976521 ISBN 13: 9780393976526

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004

Synopsis

This new comprehensive introduction to music theory integrates the basic rudiments with tonal theory, counterpoint, form analysis, and music from the 20th and 21st centuries.

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About the Author

Jane Piper Clendinning is professor of music theory at the Florida State University College of Music. She has published articles reflecting her interests in the history of theory, theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, computer pitch recognition, and computer applications in music. Her current research interests include theory and analysis of popular and world musics. She has served as the chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee and as an AP reader, and is a regular consultant at AP workshops and summer Institutes. Elizabeth West Marvin is professor of music theory and former dean of academic affairs at the Eastman School of Music. She has published in the areas of music cognition, music theory pedagogy, theory and analysis of atonal music, contour theory, history of theory, and analysis and performance. She is past president of the Society for Music Theory and is currently co-chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee. Marvin is the 2012 recipient of the Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Music Theory Teaching and Scholarship.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393976521
• ISBN 13: 9780393976526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 759