Overview

Models for Beginners in Composition was one of Arnold Schoenberg's earliest attempts to reach a broad American audience through his pedagogical ideas. The novelty of MModels for Beginners in Composition lay in its streamlined approach-one basing all aspects of composition including motivic design, harmony, and the construction of themes on the two-measure phrase. In its practical function as a syllabus for the American classroom, Models for Beginners in Composition stands alone. One of its most significant contributions to American music education was its use of the two-measure phrase as the building block for an entire compositional method. This revised edition of Models for Beginners in Composition by Gordon Root incorporates Schoenberg's corrections to the original manuscript and a commentary tracing the evolution of Schoenberg's unique pedagogical approach. These features allow readers to utilize and explore the text in greater depth. Students of composition, Schoenberg scholars, music theorists, and historians of music theory alike will no doubt welcome this new edition of Schoenberg's classic composition syllabus.

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Author:   Gordon Root (Associate Professor of Music Theory, Associate Professor of Music Theory, State University of New York in Fredonia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780195382211

ISBN 10:   0195382218
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   17 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents Abbreviations of Texts Preface: On the History of Models for Beginners in Composition Editorial Notes Commentary Models for Beginners in Composition Editor's Preface to the 1972 Edition Schoenberg's Preface to the 1943 Edition Syllabus Musical Examples: I. Coordination of Melody and Harmony II. Motive and Motival Features in Two-Measure Phrases III. Sentences IV. Periods V. Contrasting Middle Section VI. Recapitulation (a') VII. Minuet VIII. Scherzo IX. Phrases, Half Sentences, Antecedents, and ""a"" Sections of Ternary Forms Glossary Appendices Appendix 1: Manuscript Sources for Models for Beginners in Composition Appendix 2: Schoenberg's Teaching Schedule at UCLA Appendix 3: Assignments from Schoenberg's Beginning Composition Class Appendix 4: Key to Schoenberg's Symbols and Abbreviations Appendix 5: Primer in Regions Appendix 6: Primer in Transformations Notes Select Bibliography Index"

Reviews

The present volume is part of the ambitious Schoenberg in Words series, which aims to reissue some of Schoenberg's published works on music theory and also his correspondence ... This edition of Schoenberg's classic work will interest novice and expert alike. M. Dineen, Choice

Author Information

Gordon Root is an Associate Professor at the State University of New York in Fredonia, where he has taught since 2006. He earned a Ph.D. in Music Theory with a focus on Schoenberg's music from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Gordon Root's essays have been featured in Indiana Theory Review and Current Musicology. He has presented many papers on a range of topics including text and music, Schoenberg's pedagogy and harmonic theories, and programmatic aspects of Schoenberg's Twelve-Tone works. In 2009 he was awarded an Avenir Grant through the Arnold Schönberg Center and The Avenir Foundation of Wheat Ridge Colorado.

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