Anthology of Music for Analysis

Anthology of Music for Analysis

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A book of musical selections that were carefully chosen for their high quality, this anthology contains more than 150 complete pieces or movements ranging from the Baroque period to the present day. It enables the reader to get a representative sampling of the world's best music, and includes a supplemental CD set with recordings of many of the pieces, some that may not be easy to find in a typical music library. While stressing the themes of harmony and form, this book achieves instrumental variety, with keyboard music, choral and vocal music, and a repertoire for horn, flute, and organ. This anthology is divided by composer, and includes works by the major composers from the Baroque Period through the Twentieth Century. For workers in the field of music, or anyone needing an informative reference anthology of classical greats.cal greats.

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Anthology of Music for Analysis consists of more than 150 complete pieces or movements from Corelli to Tavener and is intended for use in several kinds of undergraduate and graduate theory courses, including tonal harmony, form and analysis, and music of the twentieth century. The accompanying Instructor's Manual of nearly three hundred pages contains features that make this anthology unlike any other:

music that is both of the highest quality and pedagogically valuable for classroom use.
selections featuring a variety of performance media, ranging from works for large ensemble orchestra, chorus) to chamber and solo works for voice, piano, organ, cello, viola, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and string quartet.
accompanying CD recordings of many of the harder-to-find selections.
included in the Instructor's Manual are forty-two pages of assignments for the harmonic analysis of excerpts from the Anthology. The assignments, which may be photocopied and distributed, are arranged by topic and are accompanied by suggested answers and pedagogical information.
also in the Instructor's Manual are introductory analyses of every selection in the anthology as well as six units on musical form, each of which includes a list of pieces for analysis.

Anthology of Music for Analysis

Anthology of Music for Analysis,Stefan Kostka,Roger Graybill,Prentice Hall,0130915440,General,Instruction & Study - Theory,Music,Music / General

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