Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

Benjamin, Thomas,Horvit, Michael,Nelson, Robert

ISBN 10: 0195379837 / ISBN 13: 9780195379839

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195379837
• ISBN 13: 9780195379839
• Binding: plastic_comb
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

Offering 470 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present, Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century, Seventh Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind.

FEATURES

* Provides 363 excerpts organized logically by harmonic content and 107 complete pieces; ideal for traditional form and analysis courses as well as tonal harmony courses
* Includes an audio CD of 145 examples from the text, played on the piano, harpsichord, or organ
* Integrates ten Model Analyses showing the detail expected at each level of study and reinforcing the goal of comprehensive analysis
* Guides study both within and outside of class, offering Suggestions for Discussion and Questions for Analysis throughout
* Features a detailed Index of Composers and Their Compositions and an Index of Complete Pieces

NEW TO THE SEVENTH EDITION

* Seven new Model Analyses (four chromatic tonal excerpts and three from the twentieth century)
* Two additional complete pieces (a four movement Beethoven sonata and the prelude to Act I of Tristan und Isolde)
* A CD icon with track numbers appearing next to the 145 musical examples that can be found on the accompanying audio CD

About the Author

Thomas Benjamin is Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.

Michael Horvit is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.

Robert Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.