Book Title: Music Composition & Theory

Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Method for the Student Composer

Author: Dr. Justin Henry Rubin

Book Description: This method encourages student composers to write short model pieces through an exploration of a variety of styles, genres, and forms. Driven by newly-created examples and accompanied by audio samples, it is intended to develop the student's inherent expressive capabilities through the acquisition of basic compositional technique.

License:
Creative Commons Attribution

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Book Information

Book Description

A Step-by-Step Method for student composers to write in a variety of styles, genres, and forms. Driven by simple model examples and accompanied by audio samples, it is intended to develop individual creativity and confidence in writing and, in so doing, explore the student’s inherent expressive talents.  Each chapter provides reference examples from the literature for the student to discover works by master composers.

Author

Dr. Justin Henry Rubin

License

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Music Composition & Theory Copyright © 2024 by Justin Rubin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Music

Metadata

Title
Music Composition & Theory
Author
Dr. Justin Henry Rubin
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Music Composition & Theory Copyright © 2024 by Justin Rubin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

The interpretations of all musical examples were created by Paul DeSilva, using virtual instruments from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

Cover image: Adapted from “Sheet music.” by jonisanowl and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Primary Subject
Music
Additional Subject(s)
Composers and songwriters, Music composition
Institution
University of Minnesota Duluth
Publication Date
October 1, 2024
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24926/86668.3101
Ebook ISBN
978-1-959870-07-4
Hashtag
#Composition