Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations

by Jack Douthett and Charles J. Smith

The essays in Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations define the state of mathematically oriented music theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The volume includes essays in diatonic set theory, transformation theory, and neo-Riemannian theory -- the newest and most exciting fields in music theory today.
The essays constitute a close-knit body of work -- a family in the sense of tracing their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462669
• ISBN13: 9781580462662
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"