Elements of Music: v. 1: Concepts and Applications

by Ralph Turek

This work is the first of a two-volume text aimed at music theory courses. It aims to provide students with a command of essential compositional and analytical skills - including a strong grounding in four-part writing - and an understanding of musical style through comprehensive analysis.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Textbooks

528 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

Reviews

[Leaf Album · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible music theory book. Turek gives the most complex and asinine examples and descriptions of how to go about learning music theory. If it weren't for colleagues and teachers this would have deterred me from music from he beginning.

[Christina Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this a great theory book to teach from.