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.
- ISBN13 9780028647371
- Publish Date 7 August 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Schirmer Books,U.S.
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 250
- Language English