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Autore |
Tymoczko Dmitri <1969-> |
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Titolo |
A geometry of music [[electronic resource] ] : harmony and counterpoint in the extended common practice / / Dmitri Tymoczko |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-02052-1 |
9786613020529 |
0-19-971435-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (469 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in music theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Harmony |
Counterpoint |
Musical analysis |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. History and analysis. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Most listeners prefer tonal music to atonal music, but what exactly is the difference between them? In this groundbreaking work, author Dmitri Tymoczko identifies five basic musical features that jointly contribute to the sense of tonality, and shows how these features recur throughout the history of Western music. Tymoczko creates for the reader a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz. A Geometry of Music provides an accessible introduction to Tymoczko's revolutionary geometrical approach to musi |
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