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Steven G. Laitz - Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint - 9780195376982 - V9780195376982
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Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint

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Description for Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black and white line illustrations, music examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 758.
This text is the first graduate music theory review designed specifically to address the one-semester course for beginning graduate students in music. Based on The Complete Musician, the text is more than a shortened version of an undergraduate tonal harmony text; it addresses students as colleagues and explores analytical applications that are appealing and practical, extending beyond the undergraduate level. The text provides a means to discuss the perception and cognition, the analysis and performance, and the composition and reception of common-practice tonal music. The clarity and brevity of this text relies on the presentation of only those crucial concepts and procedures that are manifested in the vast majority of tonal pieces. The only text exercises are at chapter ends: two- to three-page Analytical extensions, which introduce one new topic through one or two works from the repertoire, and then develop the topic in a model analysis. Appendixes will include keyboard exercises, model composition strategies and assignments, and sample solutions. An accompanying workbook is organized by chapter into discrete assignments, each progressing from short, introductory analytical and writing exercises to more-involved tasks. Included is a DVD of recordings by the Eastman students and faculty of musical examples from the text and analytical exercises from the workbook.

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
838g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195376982
SKU
V9780195376982
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About Steven G. Laitz
Steve Laitz is Associate Professor and currently chairs the Theory Department and Eastman's new Bachelor of Musical Arts major. He also serves as an Affiliate Faculty Member in Eastman's Chamber Music Department and on the piano faculty at the Chautauqua Institution. He has received various teaching awards, including Eastman's Eisenhart Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching By a Faculty Member. He is the author of The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Second Edition. Chris Bartlette is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Baylor University. He has published articles in the journal Music Perception and presented papers at Society for Music Theory and Society for Music Perception and Cognition national conferences.

Reviews for Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint
I would point to the extremely solid conceptual grounding; the musical utility of the long-range thinking it encourages; the logical progression of topics; the clarity and efficiency of presentation; the quality of analytical insight; and the possibility of having everything you need in one place. The workbook provides a very impressive range of tasks-much more varied and interesting than one usually finds. One gets the sense that the author[s] understand exactly the nature of graduate review courses. -Roman Ivanovitch, Indiana University [The workbook] exercises are inspirationally clever. . . . I like the wide variety of 'real music' examples as well and I suspect my grad students would be equally appreciative. . . . I like the summaries, point-by-point reminders, and suggestions about matters such as how to figure a bass or how to write a sequence. Students will find such lists to be both very clear and very comforting. -Neil Minturn, University of Missouri

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