The practice of harmony - Softcover

Spencer, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136944892 ISBN 13: 9780136944898

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1983

Synopsis

This text provides the music student —regardlessof his/her major—with a thorough introduction to the basic materials of harmony. Coverage spans from tertian harmony, the general harmonic practice of composers from 1700 to 1900, to more recent harmonic practices.

About this title

From the Publisher

With an emphasis on learning and understanding by doing, the text takes the student from music fundamentals through harmony in common practice to some of the more important harmonic procedures of the 20th century. The approach is "additive" throughout; to the extent that it is pedagogically feasible, the student uses what was learned in one chapter to help to comprehend the materials in the next.

About the Author

Barbara Bennett is a Lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of California, Riverside, where she teaches a three-part series of classes on harmonic theory. A composer and pianist as well as a teacher, Dr. Bennett is active in the College Music Society and the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA), having served as an officer on both national boards. Besides harmony, she also teaches Advanced Music Fundamentals and Introduction to Western Music at UC Riverside. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music at the University of Georgia, and her D. M. from The Florida State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0136944892
• ISBN 13: 9780136944898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 359