Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice

by Allen Cohen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313321353
• ISBN13: 9780313321351
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"