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