The scholarly study of autograph sources has exploded over the past quarter century especially in the field of twentieth-century music. Yet, few if any courses or seminars broach the subject of sketch studies and the skills required to examine the manuscripts. This book surveys the knowledge necessary to work efficiently in archives and libraries with the skills and techniques specifically related to sketch studies: transcription, reconstructing sketchbooks, deciphering handwriting, and dating documents.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Over the past quarter century, the scholarly study of autograph sources has exploded and nowhere is this more true than in the field of twentieth-century music. And yet, few if any courses or seminars broach the subject of sketch studies and the skills required to examine the manuscripts. This book surveys the knowledge necessary to work efficiently in archives and libraries housing this material and with the skills and techniques specifically related to sketch studies: transcription, reconstructing sketchbooks, deciphering handwriting, dating documents.
About the Author
Patricia Hall is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Department of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of A View of Berg's 'Lulu' through the Autograph Sources (1997). She has also contributed to several works including The Cambridge Companion to Alban Berg (1996) and has written articles and reviews for a number of journals.
Friedemann Sallis is Professor titulaire at the Département de musique, Université de Moncton. He is the author of An Introduction to the Early Works of György Ligeti (1996). He also contributed to Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde (L. Sitsky ed., 2002) and has published numerous articles on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Friedemann Sallis is Professor titulaire at the Département de musique, Université de Moncton. He is the author of An Introduction to the Early Works of György Ligeti (1996). He also contributed to Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde (L. Sitsky ed., 2002) and has published numerous articles on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ab must for composers,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: A Handbook to Twentieth-Century Musical Sketches (Hardcover)
A handbook to Twentieth-Century Musikal Sketches is a must for composers.It is important to know how to archive ones one sketches. I have given the book five stars!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Over the past quarter-century, the scholarly study of autograph sources has exploded and nowhere is this more true than in the field of twentieth-century music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
normal music paper, opening violin theme, canon sketches, diario italiano, composer institutes, preliminary working documents, fabbrica illuminata, memo sketches, verbal annotations, sketch material, definitive score, short score, autograph sources, diplomatic transcription, recto side, new realisation, musical sketches, musical manuscripts, compositional sketches, compositional process, sketch studies, completed composition, music manuscripts, full score, fair copy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Williams Mix, Paul Sacher Foundation, John Cage, Igor Stravinsky, Luciano Berio, New York, Anton Webern, Patch Work, Elliott Carter, Random Funnel, Alban Berg, Larry Austin, Pierre Boulez, Berio Collection, Archivio Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg, David Tudor, First Sonata, Black Pocket-book, Brian Ferneyhough, Erika Schaller, Ulrich Mosch, Denis Vermaelen, Earle Brown, Friedemann Sallis New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Over the past quarter-century, the scholarly study of autograph sources has exploded and nowhere is this more true than in the field of twentieth-century music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
normal music paper, opening violin theme, canon sketches, diario italiano, composer institutes, preliminary working documents, fabbrica illuminata, memo sketches, verbal annotations, sketch material, definitive score, short score, autograph sources, diplomatic transcription, recto side, new realisation, musical sketches, musical manuscripts, compositional sketches, compositional process, sketch studies, completed composition, music manuscripts, full score, fair copy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Williams Mix, Paul Sacher Foundation, John Cage, Igor Stravinsky, Luciano Berio, New York, Anton Webern, Patch Work, Elliott Carter, Random Funnel, Alban Berg, Larry Austin, Pierre Boulez, Berio Collection, Archivio Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg, David Tudor, First Sonata, Black Pocket-book, Brian Ferneyhough, Erika Schaller, Ulrich Mosch, Denis Vermaelen, Earle Brown, Friedemann Sallis New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 41
books:
See all 41 books this book cites
1
book
cites this book:
- A Mirror on Which to Dwell: Full Score by Elizabeth Bishop on 7 pages
- Harmony Book by Elliott Carter on 6 pages
- The Boulez-Cage Correspondence by Jean-Jacques Nattiez on 5 pages
- John Cage Ex(plain)ed by Richard Kostelanetz on 5 pages
- Brian Ferneyhough: Collected Writings (Contemporary Music Studies) by James Boros on page 188, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
See all 41 books this book cites
- Musicology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by David Beard in Back Matter
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
