In this textbook, Cook provides an unusual and stimulating new approach to teaching analytical concepts through the study of style composition. He emphasizes throughout analysis and decision-making within a practical context, drawing on musical examples from eighteenth-century works. Students can use these examples as models to complete compositional assignments provided in a number of subject areas.
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`Everything about this book is so clearly thought out and presented that the reviewer need only 'cherry pick' the points from its preface ... The book usefully appends a series of work-sheets. Cook's materials comprise felicitously chosen works by minor composers ... it provides a framework which is free enough to allow the teacher to improvise.' Michael Spitzer, Music and Letters
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Nicholas Cook is the author of A Guide to Musical Analysis (Dent, 1987; pb 1989) and Music, Imagination, and Culture (OUP, 1990; pb, 1992), and Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 (CUP, 1993).
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What better way to learn classical style than immersion by analyzing and composing? This is the best book I've ever seen for putting it all together while keeping it interesting and challenging for students.For many years I've only read these book reviews, but "Analysis through Composition" inspired me to write my first with a rave.
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Example 1 shows a page of music, the Minuet from Johann Christian Bach's Sonata, Op. 5 No. 2. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
divertimento theme, analysing music, approach chord, neighbour notes, symphony movement, harmony notes, worksheet shows, keyboard part, sonata form, first inversion, parallel fifths, organized round, most important notes, leading notes, bass line, figured bass, second inversion, opening idea, sonata movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Leonard Ratner, British Library, Classic Music, Das Kinderspiel, Leopold Mozart, Minuet Menuet, Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Arrange Example, Barbara Player, Charles Rosen, Heinrich Koch's Introductory Essay, Thema Cadenzas New!
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Example 1 shows a page of music, the Minuet from Johann Christian Bach's Sonata, Op. 5 No. 2. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
divertimento theme, analysing music, approach chord, neighbour notes, symphony movement, harmony notes, worksheet shows, keyboard part, sonata form, first inversion, parallel fifths, organized round, most important notes, leading notes, bass line, figured bass, second inversion, opening idea, sonata movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Leonard Ratner, British Library, Classic Music, Das Kinderspiel, Leopold Mozart, Minuet Menuet, Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Arrange Example, Barbara Player, Charles Rosen, Heinrich Koch's Introductory Essay, Thema Cadenzas New!
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