Composition

by Alan Belkin This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principl...

Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical ...

A classic that represents the culmination of over 40 years in Schoenberg's life devoted to the teaching of musical principles to students and compo...

by Samuel Z Solomon While composers and percussionists are working more closely than ever with one another, there are few resources that address th...

100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition Jorge Variego Offers instructors a flexible model, with the ability to decide on the sequence of exer...

'Counterpoint in Composition' began life not as a book, but as a collection of examples from the literature. Dr. Salzer and Dr. Schachter assembled...

This brilliant inquiry into tonal, textural, and rhythmic structures in music, filled with original formulations and provocative ideas, has become ...

"For its time the most comprehensive treatment of the subject." — New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansBefore the 17th century, composers sel...

by, Arron Frankel  Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the...

Kent Kennan / Donald Grantham   Designed primarily as a text for beginning orchestration courses, but includes material for advanced study and may ...

This new book builds on Whittall's Music since the First World War. It updates and reshapes the original text and places it in the wider context of...

Winner of the Global Music Award Gold Medal for an exceptional book in the field of music · Winner of the National Indie Excellence Book Award · Wi...

A Linear Approach By Bill Dobbins Book & CD Many different possibilities for harmonizing the same melody are illustrated and analyzed, using te...

by Harry Partch Among the few truly experimental composers in our cultural history, Harry Partch’s life (1901-1974) and music embody most com...

“What most songwriting guides won’t tell you is that success as a songwriter – however you define it – is as much about how you live your life and ...

Excerpt from Contents BOOK I — COUNTERPOINT I. Introduction Preliminary Notions Concords which may be used in strict Counterpoint Discords to be em...

I don’t claim to know how to teach anybody anything, let alone something so individual and subjective as writing songs. The truth is, dear readers...

In this book Walter Piston again displays those qualities that distinguished his earlier books, Harmony and Counterpoint. Again he draws upon his o...

Among the works of Robert Schumann, the four symphonies represent the highs and lows of the composer’s life unlike any others. They were composed b...

Author: Mike Errico Here is the songwriting class you always wish you'd taken, taught by the professor you always wish you'd had. It's a deep dive...