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Musical composition : craft and art / Alan Belkin.

By: Belkin, Alan [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300218992 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Composition (Music) | Music | MusicDDC classification: 781.6'1 Summary: This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarise beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game music. The first of its kind to utilise a style-neutral approach, in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms, this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas, building to a climax, and other fundamental formal principles.
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This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarise beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game music. The first of its kind to utilise a style-neutral approach, in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms, this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas, building to a climax, and other fundamental formal principles.

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