Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century by Benjamin, Thomas. plastic_comb edition. ISBN: 9780195379839.

Offering 470 pieces of music from the Baroque period to the present, Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century, Seventh Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind. FEATURES * Provides 363 excerpts organized logically by harmonic content and 107 complete pieces; ideal for traditional form and analysis courses as well as tonal harmony courses * Includes an audio CD of 145 examples from the text, played on the piano, harpsichord, or organ * Integrates ten Model Analyses showing the detail expected at each level of study and reinforcing the goal of comprehensive analysis * Guides study both within and outside of class, offering Suggestions for Discussion and Questions for Analysis throughout * Features a detailed Index of Composers and Their Compositions and an Index of Complete Pieces NEW TO THE SEVENTH EDITION * Seven new Model Analyses (four chromatic tonal excerpts and three from the twentieth century) * Two additional complete pieces (a four movement Beethoven sonata and the prelude to Act I of Tristan und Isolde) * A CD icon with track numbers appearing next to the 145 musical examples that can be found on the accompanying audio CD