Offering 477 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present, Music for Analysis, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind. The book is organized by music theory concept, so it can easily be linked to any introductory theory course. The authors do not prescribe any system of analysis, allowing individual instructors to follow their own preferences with their students. Ample room for student work eliminates the need for a separate workbook or to purchase score paper.

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

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Benjamin, Thomas

Horvit, Michael

Koozin, Timothy

Nelson, Robert

Music

Oxford University Press

This superbly varied collection offers more than 400 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present. Selected by Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit, and Robert Nelson--three nationally respected composers and music theory teachers--the selections enable students to analyze a wide variety of genres, styles, textures, and composers that illustrate standard usage and idiomatic procedures. Featuring both excerpts and many complete pieces, Music for Analysis, Sixth Edition, is the perfect vehicle for analysis of style, musical idiom, small forms, tonal harmony, and contemporary techniques. "Questions for Analysis" in each unit provide pointed, perceptive guidance throughout the book. A detailed checklist and model analysis in Appendix A provide a useful summary for students who are learning to analyze music. Features of the Sixth Edition: * Includes a free audio CD of more than 140 examples from the text played on the piano, harpsichord, or organ by Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell, Artist-in-Residence at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith * In addition to the complete pieces included from the previous edition, the authors have added several new complete works, including "Gavea" by Darius Milhaud and a complete Mozart sonata * Integrates many new model analyses into the body of the text, helping students to achieve a comprehensive analysis of the music * Includes contrapuntal examples from composers other than Bach * Provides precise measure numbers for all excerpts from larger pieces * Adds an index of all complete pieces (supplementing the index of composers and making selections easier to find)

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

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

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (April 15, 1978) Language: English ISBN-10: 0395255074 ISBN-13: 978-0395255070 Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds

Music for analysis : examples from the common practice period and the twentieth century

Horvit, Michael M.

Houghton Mifflin

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

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

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

Music for analysis : examples from the common practice period and the twentieth century