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Compose Music

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An edition of Compose Music (1947)

Compose Music

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A guidebook for budding composers full of music theory and melody making strategies.

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St. Paul's House
Language
English
Pages
276

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1972, St. Paul's House
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1947, English Universities Press
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First Sentence

"This book is an attempt to provide an introduction to musical composition simple enough to be grasped by any promising amateur who understands the rudiments of music."

Table of Contents

Chapter.
Page Page
Preface
I. General Principles of Musical Composition
Page 1
II. Scales and Intervals
Page 12
III. First Steps in Melody Making
Page 35
IV. Triads
Page 52
V. The Addition of a Bass to a Melody
Page 56
VI. Four-Part Chords
Page 61
VII. Harmonic Progression
Page 65
VIII. Phrase Building
Page 75
IX. Major Triads (First Inversion)
Page 84
X. First Attempts at Musical Composition
Page 91
XI. Major Triads (Second Inversion)
Page 95
XII. Primary Triads in the Minor Key
Page 101
XIII. The Chord of the Dominant Seventh
Page 105
XIV. Some Secondary Triads
Page 112
XV. Passing Notes
Page 118
XVI. Writing for the Piano
Page 131
XVII. Elementary Modulation
Page 150
XVIII. Elementary Principles of Form
Page 161
XIX. Sequences, Suspensions, and Pedals
Page 183
XX. More Secondary Triads
Page 197
XXI. Irregular Phrase Construction
Page 204
XXII. Secondary Sevenths
Page 210
XXIII. The Chord of the Dominant Ninth
Page 215
XXIV. The Treatment of Vocal Music
Page 220
XXV. Key, Character, and Expression
Page 233
XXVI. Forms in Musical Composition
Page 242
XXVII. The Business Side of Musical Composition
Page 257
Bibliography
Page 265

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]) and index.

Published in
London
Series
Teach yourself books
Copyright Date
1972

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.61
Library of Congress
MT40 .P3 1972

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Pagination
276 pages
Number of pages
276

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Open Library
OL37014600M
Internet Archive
composemusic0000palm
ISBN 10
0340055529
ISBN 13
9780340055526
OCLC/WorldCat
1423052

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