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  • Edited by Toby Young, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2024
Print publication year:
2024
Online ISBN:
9781108917933

Book description

There are as many ways of creating music as there are composers in the world, with a vast array of possible methods and practices. This book provides essential critical and practical tools for composers as they try to navigate this complex landscape, whilst also offering provocations for practitioners discovering their own voices and solidifying their place in their musical communities. Designed to be a companion in the truest sense, the book offers practical support throughout the creative process and thought-provoking insights on technical questions for a range of compositional approaches.

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Contents


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  • The Cambridge Companion to Composition
    pp i-i
  • Cambridge Companions to Music - Series page
    pp ii-vi
  • The Cambridge Companion to Composition - Title page
    pp vii-vii
  • Copyright page
    pp viii-viii
  • Dedication
    pp ix-x
  • Contents
    pp xi-xii
  • Figures
    pp xiii-xiii
  • Tables
    pp xiv-xiv
  • Music Examples
    pp xv-xvi
  • Contributors
    pp xvii-xxiv
  • Introduction
    pp 1-18
  • Part I - Creative Processes
    pp 19-88
  • 1 - Inspiration
    pp 25-31
  • 2 - From Space to Sound
    pp 32-41
  • Analysis as a Compositional Tool
  • 3 - Ex Uno Plures
    pp 42-61
  • Strategies of Linear Expansion
  • 4 - Instruments and Invention
    pp 62-76
  • 5 - Uncovered Grave
    pp 77-88
  • From Sketch to Score
  • Part II - Techniques
    pp 89-174
  • 6 - Composing for Ensemble
    pp 93-105
  • 7 - Composing for Orchestra
    pp 106-119
  • 8 - Composing for Voice
    pp 120-138
  • 9 - Composing for Choir
    pp 139-152
  • 10 - Composing for the Stage
    pp 153-163
  • 11 - Composing for the Screen
    pp 164-174
  • Part III - Styles, Conventions, and Issues
    pp 175-284
  • 12 - Dots, Squiggles, and Words
    pp 179-197
  • Notation in Recent Music
  • 13 - Sonorities and Spectra
    pp 198-216
  • 14 - Electronic Composition
    pp 217-232
  • Histories and Affordances
  • 15 - Transcultural Composing
    pp 233-256
  • 16 - Nothing New Under the Sun: Composition as Adaptation
    pp 257-269

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