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Creative music composition : the young composer's voice / Margaret Lucy Wilkins.

Title
Creative music composition : the young composer's voice / Margaret Lucy Wilkins.
Author
Wilkins, Margaret Lucy.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description
x, 288 p. : ill., music; 24 cm.
Summary
Designed as an introductory textbook for music students, this text tackles the key ingredients that make for successful composition. It covers several musical languages, analyses various rhythmic forms, and suggests approaches for composing for a variety of instruments, as well as for the human voice.
Subject
  • Composition (Music)
  • Komposition (Musik)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Young composers and a creative environment -- Concepts of the imagination -- Structures -- Musical languages -- Technical exercises -- Exploring instruments -- Composing for traditional ensembles -- Composing for voices -- Composing for a monodic instrument -- Moving ahead.
ISBN
  • 0415974666
  • 0415974674 (pbk.)
  • 9780415974660
  • 9780415974677
LCCN
^^2005030527
OCLC
  • 62134714
  • SCSB-10277676
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library