Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and indexes.
Contents:
Appendix B. Glossary of Jazz Chord Symbols. Chapter 1. Tonality, Atonality, and Neotonality -- Functional Tonality: Berg -- Atonality: Berg -- Neotonality: Copland -- Part II. Fundamentals of Set Theory -- Chapter 2. Integer Representation -- Pitch -- Octave Equivalence and Register -- Enharmonic Equivalence and Pitch Class -- Name Class -- Binomial Representation -- Absolute vs. Relative Representation -- Intervals -- Chapter 3. Transposition -- Concept of Set -- Performing the Operation -- Recognizing T-Related Sets -- Analysis Projects -- Chapter 4. Inversion -- Performing the Operation -- Recognizing I-Related Sets -- Analysis Projects -- Chapter 5. Basic Operations with Unordered Sets -- Normal Form -- Recognizing T[subscript n]-Related Unordered Sets -- Recognizing T[subscript n]I-Related Unordered Sets -- Analysis Projects -- Chapter 6. Universe of Set-Types -- T[subscript n]/T[subscript n]I-Type -- Interval-Class Content -- Table of T[subscript n]/T[subscript n]I-Types -- Part III. Other Aspects -- Chapter 7. Rhythm and Meter -- Common-Practice Meter -- Meter in 20th-Century Music -- Rhythm -- Chapter 8. Texture -- Traditional Categories -- Innovative Approaches -- Chapter 9. Form, Process, and Time -- Analysis of Form and Conformance -- Analysis of Process -- New Conceptions of Musical Time -- Part IV. Pitch Organization: A Closer Look -- Chapter 10. Diatonicism and Pentatonicism -- Diatonic Modes -- Modes as Sets -- Pentatonic Modes -- Aspects of 20th-Century Modality -- Chapter 11. Symmetrical Sets -- Inversional Index -- Transpositional Index -- Axis of Symmetry -- Interval Cycles -- Whole-Tone Set-Type -- Octatonic Set-Type -- Subsets of the Octatonic Set-Type -- Symmetrical Subsets of the Diatonic Set-Type -- Compositional Uses of Symmetrical Sets -- Chapter 12. New Concepts of Tonality -- Criteria of Tonal Stability -- Neotonal Melody -- Neotonal Counterpoint -- Neotonal Harmony -- Chapter 13. Neotonality Analyzed -- Hindemith, "A Swan" -- Bartok, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No. 2 -- Hindemith, Interlude in G -- Chapter 14. Free Atonality -- Transitional Works -- Schoenberg, Piano Piece, Op. 11, No. 1 -- Webern, Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5, No. 3 -- Chapter 15. Serialism -- Fundamentals of Serial Composition -- Matrix of Set Forms -- Compositional Process -- Properties of 12-pc Sets -- Aural Perception of Serial Music -- Part V. Recent Developments -- Chapter 16. Chance and Indeterminacy -- John Cage and His Disciples -- Analysis of Indeterminate and Chance Music -- Chapter 17. Minimalism -- Influences -- Steve Reich's Piano Phase -- Terry Riley's In C -- Frederic Rzewski's Les Moutons de Panurge -- Analyzing Musical Processes -- Chapter 18. Eclecticism and the Revival of Tonality -- George Rochberg's "Sfumato" -- Appendix A. Table of T[subscript n]/T[subscript n]I-types -- Appendix B. Glossary of Jazz Chord Symbols.
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