Schoenberg's Models for beginners in composition / edited by Gordon Root.
| Author/creator | Schoenberg, Arnold |
| Other author | Root, Gordon, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] |
| Description | xxxiii, 231 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Models for beginners in composition |
| Portion of title | Models for beginners in composition |
| Series | Schoenberg in words ; volume 2 Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Schoenberg in words ; v. 2. ^A1355116 |
| Contents | Preface : On the history of Models for beginners in composition -- Commentary -- Models for beginners in composition. Editor's preface to the 1972 edition ; Schoenberg's preface to the 1943 edition ; Syllabus ; Musical Examples ; I. Coordination of melody and harmony ; II. Motive and motival features in two-measure phrases ; III. Sentences ; IV. Periods ; V. Contrasting middle sections ; VI. Recapitulation (a') ; VII. Minuet ; VIII. Scherzo ; IX. Phrases, half sentences, antecedents, and "a" sections of ternary forms -- Glossary -- Appendix 1 : Manuscript sources for Models for beginners in composition -- Appendix 2 : Schoenberg's teaching schedule at UCLA -- Appendix 3 : Assignments from Schoenberg's beginning composition class -- Appendix 4: Key to Schoenberg's symbols and abbreviations -- Appendix 5 : Primer in regions -- Appendix 6 : Primer in transformations. |
| Abstract | Preface : On the history of Models for beginners in composition -- Commentary -- Models for beginners in composition. Editor's preface to the 1972 edition ; Schoenberg's preface to the 1943 edition ; Syllabus ; Musical Examples ; I. Coordination of melody and harmony ; II. Motive and motival features in two-measure phrases ; III. Sentences ; IV. Periods ; V. Contrasting middle sections ; VI. Recapitulation (a') ; VII. Minuet ; VIII. Scherzo ; IX. Phrases, half sentences, antecedents, and "a" sections of ternary forms -- Glossary -- Appendix 1 : Manuscript sources for Models for beginners in composition -- Appendix 2 : Schoenberg's teaching schedule at UCLA -- Appendix 3 : Assignments from Schoenberg's beginning composition class -- Appendix 4: Key to Schoenberg's symbols and abbreviations -- Appendix 5 : Primer in regions -- Appendix 6 : Primer in transformations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015030567 |
| ISBN | 9780195382211 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195382218 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780199700318 |
| ISBN | 0199700311 |