The Composer and His Art
Greenwood Publishing Group; ISBN: 0313250502
DATE WRITTEN | 1955 |
CONTENTS | |
1. | THE TEACHING OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION |
2. | MELODY, HARMONY, AND TEXTURE |
3. | STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT |
4. | APTNESS FOR THE MEDIUM. INSTRUMENTATION IN GENERAL |
5. | CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRINGS ALONE |
The String Trio | |
The String Quartet | |
The String Quintet, Sextet, and Octet | |
6. | CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PIANO, WOODWIND, BRASS, OR PERCUSSION |
Sonatas for Single String Instruments with Piano | |
The Piano Trio, Quartet, and Quintet | |
Wind Instruments with Strings | |
Chamber Music for Wind Instruments | |
7. | ORCHESTRATION |
The String Orchestra | |
The Small Orchestra | |
The Full Orchestra | |
8. | MILITARY AND BRASS BAND INSTRUMENTATION |
The British Military Band | |
The American Symphonic Band | |
The Brass Band | |
Fanfare Trumpets | |
9. | VOCAL WRITING |
Solo Songs | |
Word-painting | |
Unaccompanied Choral Writing | |
Accompanied Choral Writing | |
10. | UTILITY MUSIC |
11. | ABSTRACT MUSIC AND PROGRAMME MUSIC |
12. | THE COMPOSER'S RELATIONS WITH CRITICS, PERFORMERS, AND PUBLIC |
13. | THE COMPOSER AND HIS ENVIRONMENT |
Earning a Living | |
Outside Interests | |
The Composer and Society | |
14. | CODA |
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