20th Century Western Compositional Techniques

Author: Ji Jiajin (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This book serves as an introduction and introduction to Western 20th-century compositional techniques, with the main idea of introducing and analyzing famous Western 20th-century music. Its purpose is to provide more opportunities for domestic music workers, music teachers, and music enthusiasts to recognize and understand the current state of Western music, learn from and absorb useful elements of Western 20th-century compositional techniques, and apply them to our own work. The book is divided into eleven chapters. Each chapter is mainly divided into four parts: The first part is an overview of the basic characteristics or fundamental rules of creative form, elaborating on the basic expressive means, musical vocabulary, and structure of music; the second part is case analysis, focusing on introducing and analyzing representative works of 20th-century Western composers, accompanied by musical score examples, aiming to help readers understand how these techniques are applied in specific compositions, while also allowing readers to grasp the overall expressive means of modern music through these score examples; the third part is creative guidance, mainly studying and discussing common issues in practical composition, pointing out common mistakes for beginners, and recommending innovative techniques used by 20th-century composers in their creative work; the fourth part is exercises, designed to provide readers with some practice and training opportunities. This book is not a beginner's textbook in music, and it does not explain the terms in basic music theory.