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Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice
Allen Cohen
ISBN: 0-313-32135-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32135-1
304 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £55.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In this exciting new study of a largely overlooked but nevertheless extremely important figure in American music, author Allen Cohen explores the relationship between theory and practice in the works of Howard Hanson, a prominent twentieth-century composer, conductor, and educator. In Hanson's book Harmonic Materials of Modern Music, he proffered a theory of classification of all possible pitch-class collections in the chromatic scale, showing ways of deriving larger collections from smaller ones, and demonstrating significant relationships among them. This theory anticipated in many ways the standard formulations of music set theory, while also influencing Hanson's own compositions.

Following an introduction and biographical overview, Howard Hanson: Theory and Practice summarizes its subject's theoretical writings, examines their usefulness for both musicologists and composers, and analyzes in particular two of Hanson's musical pieces. In this way, Howard Hanson represents an exciting and highly educational look at a man and his work, both unacknowledged for too long.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    The Background: Hanson's Life and Career
    A Summary of Harmonic Materials of Modern Music
    The Theory Considered as a System
    The Theory Considered as a Method of Analysis
    The Two Demonstration Pieces
    The Influence of the Theory on Hanson's Later Compositions
    Coda: The Elements of Style
    Appendices
    Notes
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: ALLEN COHEN is Assistant Professor of Music at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is active as a composer, conductor, and pianist in the New York City area.
LCC Class: 780
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