Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory
“Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory” by Joseph N. Straus, published by Prentice Hall College Div in 1989, is a comprehensive primer designed to clarify fundamental theoretical concepts related to post-tonal music of the twentieth century. This edition, comprising 256 pages, emphasizes practical engagement with music through activities such as playing, singing, listening, and analyzing. The book is structured into six chapters, each featuring musical examples and detailed analyses primarily sourced from the classical pre-war repertoire of notable composers like Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern.
Readers will find a focused exploration of three main types of post-tonal music: free atonal music, twelve-tone music, and centric music. The text employs transformational graphs and networks to convey analytical information effectively. Additionally, it includes a variety of exercises aimed at enhancing theory, analysis, musicianship, ear-training, and composition skills. This resource serves as a valuable tool for those interested in music theory, particularly in the context of twentieth-century music techniques and post-tonal analysis.
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A primer –rather than a survey–this book offers exceptionally clear, simple explanations of basic theoretical concepts for the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Emphasizing hands-on contact with the music–through playing, singing, listening, and analyzing–it provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the “classical” pre-war repertoire by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern. Considers three principal kinds of post-tonal music–free atonal music, twelve-tone music, and centric music. Makes extensive use of transformational graphs and networks to present analytical information; and includes a variety of exercises in theory, analysis, musicianship and ear-training, and composition. For anyone interested in Twentieth-Century Music Techniques and Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis.
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