Musical Composition: Craft and Art
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- Author：Alan Belkin
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Summary
An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composer
This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles， from concert pieces to film scores and video game music。 The first of its kind to utilize a style-neutral approach， in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms， this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas， building to a climax， and other fundamental formal principles。 It is designed for both classroom use and independent study。
This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles， from concert pieces to film scores and video game music。 The first of its kind to utilize a style-neutral approach， in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms， this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas， building to a climax， and other fundamental formal principles。 It is designed for both classroom use and independent study。
Reviews
Sandrine Cotnoir
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A great overview on compositional techniques！ This textbook is nice because it can be applicable to all composers， no matter the genre they are wanting to compose in。
Lynn
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Musical Composition: Craft and Art， by Alan Belkin， is a useful book for readers at the right level。 It's aimed at relative beginners， but those who take the art of music composition seriously， have a foundation in music theory， and have already done a certain amount of composing， even if it's been totally by seat-of-the-pants intuition。By way of background: Although I have not composed anything in a long time， I was a composer in my younger years。 Today I still listen to a great deal of music a Musical Composition: Craft and Art， by Alan Belkin， is a useful book for readers at the right level。 It's aimed at relative beginners， but those who take the art of music composition seriously， have a foundation in music theory， and have already done a certain amount of composing， even if it's been totally by seat-of-the-pants intuition。By way of background: Although I have not composed anything in a long time， I was a composer in my younger years。 Today I still listen to a great deal of music and am particularly fond of doing so with a score in front of me， something I learned to do as a young child from my conductor father and have never lost the taste for。 I'm endlessly fascinated by the connection between what I hear musicians playing and what I see that composers have written。 I'm sure this interest is what drove me to start composing music around junior high school age and to become a composer。 （It's what I studied in school。） In time， to make a living I learned the craft of music engraving， which I practiced for twenty years （before the days when notation software took over）。Belkin's book claims to be style independent。 To a degree， this is true， but it draws on concepts， values， and techniques that have grown out of the standard classical repertoire since its earliest times。 Therefore， he discusses such ideas as motives， phrases， themes， tonality， harmonic changes， variation and development of ideas， contrasts， textures， timbres， and formal structure based on repeated material， all of which is perfectly fine for most music， whether you are writing a three-chord folk song or a multi-movement work for chorus， soloists， and full orchestra。 That there are exceptions to everything is more-or-less assumed to the extent that it's not necessary to do more than acknowledge it。Anyone whose music steps beyond the bounds covered by Belkin's book is either someone who has no clue what he's doing and could probably make use of some basic guidelines in the craft of composition， or else he is a profoundly original artist with a personal vision， one who has little use for a book of this type。 You must decide for yourself which type you are。All I can recommend is that if you have aspirations to be a composer， Musical Composition will teach or remind you much about the craft of composition。 The artistic part -- that's up to you to provide。 。。。more
Ryan
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