Composition and cognition : reflections on contemporary music and the musical mind /

Composition and cognition : reflections on contemporary music and the musical mind /

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Author / Creator:	Lerdahl, Fred, 1943- author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	xiii, 144 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Music -- Psychological aspects. Composition (Music) Musical analysis. Musical perception. Music theory. Composition (Music) Music -- Psychological aspects. Music theory. Musical analysis. Musical perception.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12000051

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ISBN:	9780520305090 0520305094 9780520305106 0520305108 9780520973251
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index.
Summary:	"In Composition and Cognition, famed composer and theorist Fred Lerdahl builds off the theoretical project that has occupied him for years: a comprehensive model of the cognition of tonal music. Bringing together his dual career in composition and music theory, he reveals how his work in music theory has served as a foundation for his compositional style and how his intuitions as a composer have guided his cognitively-oriented music theories. These theories, combined with related theoretical and empirical research, offer an overall picture of the musical mind that has implications for central issues in contemporary composition, including the recurrent gap between compositional method and perceived result, and the tension between cognitive constraints and utopian aesthetic views of musical progress. At times personal and reflective, Lerdahl's lyrical yet succinct volume will provide invaluable insights for students and instructors, composers, and musicians"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Online version: Lerdahl, Fred, 1943- Composition and cognition. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520973251

Table of Contents:

From composition to theory
Genesis and architecture of the music theory
On the musical capacity
Cognitive constraints redux
From theory to composition.