Learning to compose : modes, materials, and models of musical invention / Larry Austin, Thomas Clark.
| Author/creator | Austin, Larry |
| Other author | Clark, Thomas, 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown, ©1989. |
| Description | 251 pages : music ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contexts for learning -- Form modeling -- Mediums and idioms -- Drawing music -- Excerpts of scores by American composers from the second half of the twentieth century. Ambages / Roger Reynolds ; Wings / Joan Tower ; Changes / Elliott Carter ; Last Pieces / Morton Feldman ; Solo / Lukas Foss ; In winter shine / James Dashow ; Peninsula / Thomas Clark ; Songs before an adieu / Barbara Kolb ; String quartet in four parts / John Cage ; Fourth string quartet / Andrew Imbrie ; Soundscape / Dary John Mizelle ; Parallel lines / Morton Subotnick ; And the mountains rising nowhere / Joseph Schwantner ; Windows / Jacob Druckman ; Sinfonia concertante / Larry Austin ; Perfect lives / Robert Ashley -- Time streams -- Pitch space -- Sound color -- Musical architecture -- Contexts for composing. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 88070484 |
| ISBN | 069703495X |
| ISBN | 9780697034953 |