Composition and Cognition Reflections on Contemporary Music and the Musical Mind
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In Composition and Cognition, renowned composer and theorist Fred Lerdahl builds on his careerlong work of developing a comprehensive model of music cognition. Bringing together his dual expertise in composition and music theory, he reveals the way in which his research has served as a foundation for his compositional style and how his intuitions as a composer have guided his cognitively oriented theories. At times personal and reflective, this book offers an overall picture of the musical mind that has implications for central issues in contemporary composition, including the recurrent gap between method and result, and the tension between cognitive constraints and utopian aesthetic views of musical progress. Lerdahl's succinct volume provides invaluable insights for students and instructors, composers and music scholars, and anyone engaged with contemporary music.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520305090 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 03 Jan 2020 |
DEWEY: | 781.1 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | cm |
Weight: | 346g |
Height: | 159mm |
Width: | 237mm |
Spine width: | 13mm |