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Fundamentals of Musical Composition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 364 ratings — published 1967
Family-First Composer: Proven Path to Escape 9–5 and Support Your Family Composing Music for Film, TV, & Video Games (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as music-composition)
avg rating 4.66 — 44 ratings — published
Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as music-composition)
avg rating 4.38 — 354 ratings — published 1961
The Study of Counterpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as music-composition)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,166 ratings — published 1965
The Study of Orchestration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as music-composition)
avg rating 4.38 — 695 ratings — published 2002
Music Composition For Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as music-composition)
avg rating 3.87 — 151 ratings — published 2008
Musical Composition: Craft and Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 101 ratings — published 2018
Modal Counterpoint: Renaissance Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as music-composition)
avg rating 3.87 — 23 ratings — published 1999
Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Edition)
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avg rating 4.86 — 164 ratings — published 2011
Musical Composition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 45 ratings — published
Textures and Timbres: An Orchestrator’s Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 20 ratings — published 2009
Techniques of the Contemporary Composer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as music-composition)
avg rating 4.18 — 38 ratings — published 1997
Twelve-Tone Improvisation: A Method for Using Tone Rows in Jazz, Book & 2 CDs (Advance Music)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
How Music Works (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 29,729 ratings — published 2014
Songwriting:: How to Write Lyrics for Beginners in 24 Hours or Less!: A Detailed Guide (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.49 — 43 ratings — published
Songwriting: Essential Guide to Song Structure, Lyrics Form and Melodic Progressions (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.12 — 8 ratings — published
A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)
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avg rating 4.12 — 130 ratings — published 2011
The Technique of Orchestration (Book & CD) by Kent Kennan (2002-04-23)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.58 — 26 ratings — published 2012
The Solfeggio Tradition: A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.71 — 7 ratings — published
Microsound (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 166 ratings — published 2002
Structural Functions of Harmony (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 172 ratings — published 1954
Jean-Phillipe Rameau Treatise On Harmony (Dover Books on Music) by Various (13-Nov-1997) Paperback
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
A Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: To Which Is Appended the Chef d'Orchestre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
Instrumentation and Orchestration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 86 ratings — published 1980
Principles of Orchestration (Dover Books On Music: Analysis)
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avg rating 4.30 — 456 ratings — published 1822
Alfred's Basic Piano Course: Lesson Book - Level 3 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 95 ratings — published 1982
MUSICAL ABACUS - Structured Theory of Music (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
The Fundamentals of Music Composition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
The Do-Re-Mi of Singing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
The Symphony (2nd Edition)
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avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 1979
Music Composition for Film and Television – Learn Film Scoring Techniques | Berklee Guide for Composers and Filmmakers | Insights from Award-Winning Composer Lalo Schifrin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 3.72 — 32 ratings — published 2011
Complete Guide to Film Scoring: The Art and Business of Writing Music for Movies and TV (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 4.09 — 218 ratings — published 2000
The Game Music Handbook: A Practical Guide to Crafting an Unforgettable Musical Soundscape (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 215 ratings — published 2016
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 25,553 ratings — published 2017
The Complete Guide to Game Audio: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 46 ratings — published 2001
Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 11 ratings — published 2009
Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approach (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.43 — 7 ratings — published
Theory of Harmony (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 647 ratings — published 1911
The Art of Mixing: A Visual Guide to Recording, Engineering, and Production (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 4.31 — 307 ratings — published 1997
Counterpoint (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 80 ratings — published 1947
Modulation (Dover Books On Music: Analysis)
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avg rating 4.06 — 51 ratings — published 2007
Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published
Six Steps to Songwriting Success: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 3.92 — 196 ratings — published 1999
How To Write Hit Song (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 4.06 — 35 ratings — published 1989
Essential Dictionary of Orchestration: The Most Practical and Comprehensive Resource for Composers, Arrangers and Orchestrators (Essential Dictionary Series)
by (shelved 1 time as music-composition)
avg rating 3.96 — 23 ratings — published 1998
Musical Creativity: Strategies and Tools in Composition and Improvisation (Computational Music Science)
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avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2011
The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 2,591 ratings — published 2009
Bruckner, Mahler, Schoenberg (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 14 ratings — published 1947
“Whether one calls oneself conservative or revolutionary, whether one composes in a conventional or progressive manner, whether one tries to imitate old styles or is destined to express new ideas -- whether one is a good composer or not -- one must be convinced of the infallibility of one's own fantasy and one must believe in one's own inspiration. ("Composition with Twelve Tones")”
― Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg
― Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg
“Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.”
― Gustav Holst, letters to W. G. Whittaker
― Gustav Holst, letters to W. G. Whittaker
