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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Edition; Introduction by Larry Polansky; 1. On the Development of the Structural Potentialities of Rhythm, Dynamics, and Timbre in the Early N; 2. Meta / Hodos (1961); 3. Computer Music Experiences, 1961-1964 (1964); 4. On the Physical Correlates of Timbre (1965); 5. Excerpts from "An Experimental Investigation of Timbre-the Violin" (1966); 6. Form in Twentieth-Century Music (1969-70); 7. META Meta / Hodos (1975); 8. The Chronological Development of Carl Ruggles's Melodic Style (1977) |
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9 Hierarchical Temporal Gestalt Perception in Music A Metric Space Model (with Larry Polansky) (197810. Introduction to "Contributions toward a Quantitative Theory of Harmony" (1979); 11. The Structure of Harmonic Series Aggregates (1979); 12. John Cage and the Theory of Harmony (1983); 13. Reflections after Bridge (1984); 14. Review of Music as Heard by Thomas Clifton (1985); 15. About Changes: Sixty-Four Studies for Six Harps (1987); 16. Darmstadt Lecture (1990); 17. The Several Dimensions of Pitch (1993/2003); 18. On "Crystal Growth" in Harmonic Space (1993/2003); 19. About Diapason (1996) |
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Appendix 1. Pre-Meta / Hodos (1959)Appendix 2. On Musical Parameters (ca. 1960-61); Appendix 3. Excerpt from A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' (1988); Publication History; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
One of the 20th century's most important musical thinkers, James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including computer music, tuning theory and algorithmic and computer-assisted composition. 'From Scratch' is a collection of Tenney's hard-to-find writings arranged, edited and revised by the self-described 'composer/theorist.' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; (viewed 2020-05-15) |
| Subject |
Music theory -- History -- 20th century.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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Composers
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Music theorists
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Music theory
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pratt, Lauren, editor
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Wannamaker, Rob, editor
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Winter, Michael, 1980- editor.
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Polansky, Larry, 1954- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019717417 |
| ISBN |
0252096673 |
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9780252096679 |
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