Creative Music Composition is designed to be an introductory textbook for music students. Creative composition -composing in your own style, rather than in the style of a composer of the past-is embraced by music educators not only for composition students, but for beginning performers and music educators, and is often offered to all music students and non-music majors who wish to enhance their musical creativity.
With 25 years of experience teaching fledgling composers, the author tackles the key ingredients that make for successful composition, including: stimulus to the musical imagination; discussion of a variety of current musical languages; analysis of many examples from contemporary scores; technical exercises; suggestions as to how to start a composition; structures; and examinations of works from particular genres. Wilkins covers several musical languages, from folk and popular to serialism; analyses various rhythmic forms; suggests approaches for composing for a variety of instruments, from traditional to electronic ones, as well as for the human voice; addresses the nuts and bolts of score preparation; and offers career advice.
For all composition students-and for music students in general-Creative Music Composition offers a clear and concise introduction that will enable them to reach their personal goals.
Creative Music Composition: The Young Composer's Voice
Margaret Lucy Wilkins
$17.26 - $57.44
- UPC:
- 9780415974677
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2006-05-28
- Release Date:
- 2006-07-06
- Author:
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- 1