Musical Composition

Musical Composition
by Reginald Smith Brindle

Musical Composition
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Author: Reginald Smith Brindle
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1986-11-06
ISBN: 0193171074
Number of pages: 188
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Book Reviews of Musical Composition

Book Review: An excelent book for composers
Summary: 5 Stars

This book covers almost every aspect that the composers are looking for. It is a book for composers indeed! It's a book of sound roules. Examine the techniques of the 20th century showing exactly how it will sound the work and how the parts will interact as a form.

Mr Brindle is a composer and that's why composers will welcome this book. It talk in the same idiom that composers want. It gives the harmonic and composition techniques but it shows the pourpose of it. The roules that he shows are taked from his own impresions and analisis,not from other books of theorics writers.

The contemporary techniques(Free pentatonic music,pandiatonicism,impresionism,polytonality, tonal contradiction,interval harmony etc.etc.) are stated very cleverly.

It has,also,a chapter devoted to choir writting that explain,as I have never seen before,this technique,and is so good that you think that the choir writting is easy after that.

I'm a composer,and I'm always seeking for good boks on the subyect of composition. This one will belong on my library forever.

ferreyramarcelo@usa.net

Summary of Musical Composition

Musical composition is a key discipline in music programs in conservatories, colleges, and universities. Many teachers consider it as important in the development of young musicians as listening and performance. It can be argued that through compositions musicians achieve the deepest insight into the composer and his music. Musical Composition takes the student through the elements--melody, harmony, counterpoint, and rhythm--before covering a variety of special subjects such as writing vocal and choral music, accompaniments, and film and TV music. Chapters are devoted to recent techniques including free diatonicism, serialism, and indeterminacy. Over 200 examples illustrate points in the text and there are exercises for each chapter.

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