Materials and techniques of post-tonal music

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From the publisher. Introduces basic concepts of contemporary post-tonal music theory. Provides a comprehensive text covering analytical and compositional aspects of post tonal music from the early 1900's through today. This text provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to post-tonal music available from Impressionism to recent trends. It covers music from the early 1900s through such movements as Minimalism and the Neoromanticism, and includes chapters on rhythm, form, electronic and computer music, and the roles of chance and choice in post-tonal music.