The Shaping Forces In Music. Reference Book. (Dover Books on Music: Analysis) - Softcover

Ernst Toch

 
9780486233468: The Shaping Forces In Music. Reference Book. (Dover Books on Music: Analysis)

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A masterful and original classical composer as well as a renowned composer of film scores, Ernst Toch (1887-1964) made a permanent contribution to music in this important and widely praised book. Based on a series of lectures given at Harvard in 1944 and first published in 1948, this book is a brilliant examination of the materials and concepts that are the basic building blocks of music —harmony, melody, counterpoint and form.

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9780900089015: Shaping Forces in Music: Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody, Counterpoint and Form

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ISBN 10:  0900089016 ISBN 13:  9780900089015
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