Music in Theory and Practice, Volume 2 with Audio CD

by Benward, Bruce; Saker, Marilyn

• ISBN13: 9780077254957
• ISBN10: 0077254953
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Spiral Bound w/CD
• Copyright: 2008-06-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This best-selling text gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. It strengthens their musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps them gain interpretive insights. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire. The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials.Music in Theory and Practiceis a well-rounded textbook that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Renaissance And Baroque Periods

Late Renaissance Polyphony

Two-Voice Eighteenth Century Counterpoint

The Fugue

Chromatic Harmony

Borrowed Chords

Neapolitan 6th Chords

Augmented 6th Chords

The Classical Period (1750-1825)

Variation Technique

Sonata Form

Rondo Forms

Extended And Chromatic Harmony

9th,11th, and 13th Chords

Altered Dominants

Chromatic Mediants

The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

The Romantic Period (1825-1900)

The Post-Romantic Impressionistic, and Related Styles

The Contemporary Period (1910-1945)

Twelve-Tone Technique Postlude: Music Since 1945

Appendixes

Glossary

Index

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