Offering 477 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present, Music for Analysis, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind. The book is organized by music theory concept, so it can easily be linked to any introductory theory course. The authors do not prescribe any system of analysis, allowing individual instructors to follow their own preferences with their students. Ample room for student work eliminates the need for a separate workbook or to purchase score paper.

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

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Benjamin, Thomas

Horvit, Michael

Nelson,Robert

Koozin, Timothy

Music

Oxford University Press

This superbly varied collection offers more than 400 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present. Selected by Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit, and Robert Nelson--three nationally respected composers and music theory teachers--the selections enable students to analyze a wide variety of genres, styles, textures, and composers that illustrate standard usage and idiomatic procedures. Featuring both excerpts and many complete pieces, Music for Analysis, Sixth Edition, is the perfect vehicle for analysis of style, musical idiom, small forms, tonal harmony, and contemporary techniques. "Questions for Analysis" in each unit provide pointed, perceptive guidance throughout the book. A detailed checklist and model analysis in Appendix A provide a useful summary for students who are learning to analyze music. Features of the Sixth Edition: * Includes a free audio CD of more than 140 examples from the text played on the piano, harpsichord, or organ by Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell, Artist-in-Residence at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith * In addition to the complete pieces included from the previous edition, the authors have added several new complete works, including "Gavea" by Darius Milhaud and a complete Mozart sonata * Integrates many new model analyses into the body of the text, helping students to achieve a comprehensive analysis of the music * Includes contrapuntal examples from composers other than Bach * Provides precise measure numbers for all excerpts from larger pieces * Adds an index of all complete pieces (supplementing the index of composers and making selections easier to find)

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth CenturyIncludes CD

Offering 470 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present, Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century, Seventh Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind. FEATURES * Provides 363 excerpts organized logically by harmonic content and 107 complete pieces; ideal for traditional form and analysis courses as well as tonal harmony courses * Includes an audio CD of 145 examples from the text, played on the piano, harpsichord, or organ * Integrates ten Model Analyses showing the detail expected at each level of study and reinforcing the goal of comprehensive analysis * Guides study both within and outside of class, offering Suggestions for Discussion and Questions for Analysis throughout * Features a detailed Index of Composers and Their Compositions and an Index of Complete Pieces NEW TO THE SEVENTH EDITION * Seven new Model Analyses (four chromatic tonal excerpts and three from the twentieth century) * Two additional complete pieces (a four movement Beethoven sonata and the prelude to Act I of Tristan und Isolde) * A CD icon with track numbers appearing next to the 145 musical examples that can be found on the accompanying audio CD

With its wealth of hands-on exercises and contextual listening examples, Horvit/Nelson/Koozin's MUSIC FOR EAR TRAINING, Fourth Edition, helps you quickly improve your listening skills and aural understanding of music theory. The accompanying MindTap digital learning solution will propel you from memorization to mastery. Giving you the flexibility of anywhere, anytime learning, MindTap includes streaming audio for all listening examples, rendered with the highest quality instrumental timbres sampled from all the principal instruments of the orchestra. The most comprehensive resource available for aural training, the repertoire covers basic rudiments (intervals, chords and scales), melodies, four-part harmonic settings and varied textures from musical literature, including music by a wide range of major composers -- from Bach and Beethoven to Debussy and Stravinsky.

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You save money when purchasing bundled products. This bundle contains the loose-leaf version of Music for Ear Training, 4th Edition and access to MindTap for 1 term via printed access card. With a single sign in for MindTap, you can connect with your instructor, organize coursework and have access to a range of study tools, including eBook and apps all in one place! MindTap helps you learn on your terms. Read or listen to textbooks and study with the aid of instructor notifications, flashcards and practice quizzes.

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Designed for the "musicianship" portion of the freshman-sophomore music theory sequence, Benjamin/Horvit/Koozin/Nelson's MUSIC FOR SIGHT SINGING, Seventh Edition, presents music that is challenging without overwhelming young musicians. With over 1,400 melodies, rhythms and vocal ensemble pieces, it combines a carefully graded sequence of newly composed musical examples with selections from music literature. It includes early music, Classical and Romantic music, works by contemporary composers and female composers, representations of international cultures, popular music, Broadway, jazz and more. Drawing on their extensive experience as composers and music theorists, the authors deliver a comprehensive approach for sight singing to complement the full aural skills and music theory curriculum. Broad breadth of coverage and thoughtful organization provide for well-rounded skill development.

Music for Sight Singing

Benjamin, Thomas E.

Nelson, Robert S.

About the Author\nMichael Horvit is Professor Emeritus of Composition and Theory at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. His works range from solo instrumental and vocal pieces to large symphonic and choral compositions and operas, all widely performed in the United States, Europe, Japan and Israel. In addition to CDs with the Albany label, he has published with C.F. Peters, MorningStar, Recital Publications, Shawnee Press, E.C. Schirmer, Southern and Transcontinental. He received the Martha Baird Rockefeller Award as well as honors from the National Endowment for the Arts.\nRobert Nelson teaches music theory and composition at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. A composer in residence and music director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival for 17 seasons, he also has received numerous commissions for compositions and arrangements for the Houston Symphony Orchestra.\nTimothy Koozin is professor and division chair of Music Theory at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. He has published widely in scholarly journals and in collected essays published by Cambridge University Press, Ashgate and Routledge on topics including music and meaning, popular music, film music and music instructional technology. He is former editor of MUSIC THEORY ONLINE, the electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory.

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Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC covers all the basics of composition-including harmony, melody, and musical form. The authors present essential materials of common-practice music and an overview of 20th century techniques. Numerous hands-on exercises promote students' memorization and retention of key concepts. And the text's concise outline format, which has been enhanced for this edition, allows instructors maximum flexibility in choosing which materials, concepts, and techniques to emphasize in their course. An e-Workbook in PDF format provides more than 200 pages of exercises to complement TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC, 7th Edition.

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Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth CenturyIncludes CD

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

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Techniques and Materials of Music: From the Common Practice Period Through the Twentieth Century