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From scratch writings in music theory

Title
From scratch [electronic resource] : writings in music theory / James Tenney ; edited by Larry Polansky, Lauren Pratt, Robert Wannamaker, and Michael Winter.
Author
Tenney, James.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Pratt, Lauren.
  • Wannamaker, Rob.
  • Winter, Michael, 1980-
  • Polansky, Larry, 1954-
Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 467 pages) : illustrations, music.
Summary
One of the twentieth century's most important musical thinkers, James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and computer-assisted composition. From Scratch is a collection of Tenney's hard-to-find writings arranged, edited, and revised by the self-described "composer/theorist." Selections focus on his fundamental concerns - "what the ear hears" - and include thoughts and ideas on perception and form, tuning systems and especially just intonation, information theory, theories of harmonic space, and stochastic (chance) procedures of composition.
Uniform Title
From scratch (Online)
Alternative Title
  • From scratch (Online)
  • Writings in music theory
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction / Larry Polansky -- On the development of the structural potentialities of rhythm, dynamics, and timbre in the early nontonal music of Arnold Schoenberg (1959) -- Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1961) -- Computer music experiences, 1961-1964 (1964) -- On the physical correlates of timbre (1965) -- Excerpts from "An experimental investigation of timbre---the violin" (1966) -- Form in twentieth-century music (1969-70) -- META Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1975) -- The chronological development of Carl Ruggles's melodic style (1977) -- Hierarchical temporal gestalt perception in music: a metric space model (with Larry Polansky) (1978-80) -- Introduction to "Contributions toward a quantitative theory of harmony" (1979) -- The structure of harmonic series aggregates (1979) -- John Cage and the theory of harmony (1983) -- Reflections after Bridge (1984) -- Review of Music as heard by Thomas Clifton (1985) -- About Changes: sixty-four studies for six harps (1987) -- Darmstadt lecture (1990) -- The several dimensions of pitch (1993/2003) -- On "crystal growth" in harmonic space (1993/2003) -- About Dispason (1996) -- Appendix 1. Pre-Meta [does not equal] Hodos (1959) -- Appendix 2. On musical parameters (ca. 1960-1961) -- Appendix 3. Excerpt from A history of 'consonance' and 'dissonance' (1988).
LCCN
2015944784
OCLC
ssj0001583584
Author
Tenney, James.
Title
From scratch [electronic resource] : writings in music theory / James Tenney ; edited by Larry Polansky, Lauren Pratt, Robert Wannamaker, and Michael Winter.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Pratt, Lauren.
Wannamaker, Rob.
Winter, Michael, 1980-
Polansky, Larry, 1954-
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