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100 1 $aHolst, Imogen,$d1907-1984.
245 13 $aAn ABC of music;$ba short practical guide to the basic essentials of rudiments, harmony, and form.$cWith a foreword by Benjamin Britten.
260 $aLondon,$aNew York,$bOxford University Press,$c1963.
300 $avii, 189 pages$billustrations$c20 cm.
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490 1 $aOxford paperback reference
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aPreface -- PART I. THE MUSICAL ALPHABET -- 1. Musical sounds -- 2. Notation -- 3. Phrases -- 4. Modal scales -- PART II. RHYTHM AND TIME -- 5. Pulse and time values -- 6. Time patterns in crotchets and minims -- 7. Dotted notes and quavers in simple and compound time -- 8. Quick notes and slow notes -- 9. Rests -- 10. Repeats -- 11. Summary of time signatures -- 12. Less familiar time patterns -- PART III. TENSION AND RELAXATION -- 13. Expression marks and dynamics -- 14. Intervals -- 15. Consonance and dissonance -- PART IV. COUNTERPOINT -- 16. The beginnings of counterpoint -- 17. Renaissance counterpoint -- 18. The smooth resolution of dissonance -- 19. Leaps -- PART V. CHORDS -- 20. Triads -- 21. Cadences -- 22. Inversions -- PART VI. KEY RELATIONSHIPS -- 23. Transposition -- 24. Relative minors -- 25. The circle of fifths -- 26. Modulation -- PART VII. HARMONIZATION -- 27. Dissonances in harmony -- 28. Chromatic harmony -- PART VIII. FORM AND TEXTURE: 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES -- 29. Musical shapes -- 30. 16th-century forms and textures -- 31. Dance forms in the 16th and 17th centuries -- 32. 17th-century variations -- 33. The Trio Sonata -- 34. Continuo -- 35. The beginnings of opera -- 36. Ornaments -- PART IX. STYLE IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- 37. Opera and oratorio -- 38. Baroque concertos and sonatas -- 39. Suites -- 40. Cantatas -- 41. Fugue -- PART X. LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STYLE -- 42. Music for entertainment -- 43. Sonata form -- 44. Quartets, symphonies and concertos -- 45. Classical Viennese church music and opera -- PART XI. NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC -- 46. The change of style from classical to romantic -- 47. Descriptive music -- 48. Romantic opera, music-drama and ballet -- PART XII. THE FULL ORCHESTRA OF TODAY -- 49. Woodwind -- 50. Brass -- 51. Percussion, celesta and harp -- 52. Strings -- 53. Italian terms and abbreviations used in score-reading -- PART XIII. THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY BREAK WITH TRADITION -- 54. Getting away from key -- 55. Twelve-note serial music -- 56. Electronic devices -- CODA -- Index of terms.
520 $a"Learning to read music, and learning its grammar, need not be dull or too much trouble," writes Benjamin Britten in his Foreword to this book. An introduction to the language of music, designed for the amateur musician, An ABC of Music surveys all the musical terms and ideas likely to be met in the beginning stages of learning to play an instrument. A short, practical guide to the essentials of rudiments, harmony, and form, it is capable of being read straight through with pleasure and understanding, but may also be used as a sort of cumulative dictionary, with each definition leading on to the next.
650 0 $aMusic theory$vElementary works.
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