Techniques of the Contemporary Composer
Book Details
Author(s)David Cope
PublisherSchirmer
ISBN / ASIN0028647378
ISBN-139780028647371
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Sales Rank822,322
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This text is a practical guide to the compositional techniques, resources, and technologies available to composers today. Each chapter traces the development of traditional and modern elements that form the foundation of music in the late twentieth century. Among the subjects discussed are interval exploration, serialism, pitch-class sets, twelve-tone music, electronic music, algorithmic composition, and indeterminacy.










