Composition and Cognition

Reflections on Contemporary Music and the Musical Mind

Fred Lerdahl (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30509-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Fred Lerdahl is Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition at Columbia University. He is widely recognized both for his chamber music and orchestral compositions and for his writings in music theory and the cognitive science of music.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.12.2019
Zusatzinfo	53 music examples, 29 b-w line art
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-10	0-520-30509-4 / 0520305094
ISBN-13	978-0-520-30509-0 / 9780520305090
Zustand	Neuware