Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others).

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I: PROCESS IN THE MUSIC OF LIVING COMPOSERS -- INTRODUCTION TO PART I -- CHAPTER ONE - MAKING THE MOST OF MINIMALISM -- CHAPTER TWO - COHERENCE AND COMPREHENSIBILITY IN JOAN TOWER'S PURPLE RHAPSODY -- CHAPTER THREE - GAMES, SIMPLICITY, AND TREES -- CHAPTER FOUR - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF WILLEM CEULEERS -- PART II: THE TONAL TRADITION -- INTRODUCTION TO PART II -- CHAPTER FIVE - HARMONY AND THE MYTH OF NARCISSUS IN SCHUBERT'S "DU LIEBST MICH NICHT -- CHAPTER SIX - MAHLER'S MUSICAL IDEA -- CHAPTER SEVEN - DEBUSSY'S UNTERBRECHUNG -- PART III: POP MUSIC AND BEYOND -- INTRODUCTION TO PART III -- CHAPTER EIGHT - WHEN POP STARS COLLIDE -- CHAPTER NINE - GROOVE TOPICS IN IMPROVISED JAZZ -- CHAPTER TEN - THE MUSIC OF MARIO, LINK, AND SAMUS -- CHAPTER ELEVEN - HEARING HEIMA -- PART IV: MUSICAL GEOMETRY AND TEMPORAL STRUCTURING -- INTRODUCTION TO PART IV -- CHAPTER TWELVE - SERIAL N-CUBES -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN - TEMPORAL STRUCTURING IN COLIN MATTHEWS'S ELEVEN STUDIES [INVENTIONS] IN VELOCITY -- CONTRIBUTORS.

Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others) is a collection of essays that grew out of the 2010 annual meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis. The stated purpose was to apply traditional music-analytic techniques, as well as new, innovative techniques, to describing the music of composers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The goal was to take steps toward making the music of our time a bit less impenetrable for our colleagues, students and other li.

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