The Anatomy of Melody

Exploring the Single Line of Song

Alice Parker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2019
GIA Publications (Verlag)
978-1-62277-344-2 (ISBN)

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Drawn from the world’s most beloved songs, the more than 70 examples in this book explore the history and crucial elements of melody, which is the very basis of song. This unique guide allows readers a new insight into the composition of songs and focuses solely on how simple musical lines combined with the right texts can make a catchy melodic phrase that lasts throughout the ages without consideration of harmony, counterpoint or other constructs.

Alice Parker is a composer who wrote her first orchestral score while still in high school. She has been commissioned by such groups as the Vancouver Chamber Chorus, the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, and Chanticleer, and is the founder of Melodious Accord, Inc., which has received generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Copland Foundation, and the New York State Council for the Arts. She lives in Hawley, Massachusetts.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2020
Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-10	1-62277-344-6 / 1622773446
ISBN-13	978-1-62277-344-2 / 9781622773442
Zustand	Neuware