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

Author Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit, Robert Nelson
Publisher Oxford University Press
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ISBN / ASIN0195379837
ISBN-139780195379839
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Description

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