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The Act of Musical Composition

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Act of Musical Composition

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The study of musical composition has been marked by a didactic, technique-based approach, focusing on the understanding of musical language and grammar -harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and arrangement - or on generic and stylistic categories. In the field of the psychology of music, the study of musical composition, even in the twenty-first century, remains a poor cousin to the literature which relates to musical perception, music performance, musical preferences, musical memory and so on. ...Show more

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9781138252394

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2016

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The Act of Musical Composition

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