Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations

Lewin, David

ISBN 10: 0195317130 / ISBN 13: 9780195317138

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2007

About this Item

xxxi, 258 pp. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Clean copy in pristine condition without any markings.
"New edition, with a previously unpublished preface by Lewin, and foreword by Edward Gollin, of Lewin's seminal work of musical analysis, first published in 1987 and so widely acclaimed that it has an acronym all its own, being generally referred to as GMIT.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195317130
• ISBN 13: 9780195317138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 15.8W x 23.5H x 2.5D centimeters 15.8 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 2.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 600 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music and musicology

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Synopsis

David Lewin's Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations is recognized as the seminal work paving the way for current studies in mathematical and systematic approaches to music analysis. Lewin, one of the 20th century's most prominent figures in music theory, pushes the boundaries of the study of pitch-structure beyond its conception as a static system for classifying and inter-relating chords and sets. Known by most music theorists as "GMIT", the book is by far the most significant contribution to the field of systematic music theory in the last half-century, generating the framework for the "transformational theory" movement. Appearing almost twenty years after GMIT's initial publication, this Oxford University Press edition features a previously unpublished preface by David Lewin, as well as a foreword by Edward Gollin contextualizing the work's significance for the current field of music theory.

About the Author

Over his 42-year teaching career, David Lewin (1933-2003) taught composition, with an increasing focus on music theory, at the University of California at Berkeley, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Yale University, and finally at Harvard University. Among his music-theoretic writings are many articles and books, including Musical Form and Transformation (Yale, 1993), which received an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, and Studies in Music with Text (posthumous, Oxford 2006). He was the recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, France, for his work in music theory.