Composition and Cognition
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Composition and Cognition

Reflections on Contemporary Music and the Musical Mind

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Composition and Cognition

Reflections on Contemporary Music and the Musical Mind

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In Composition and Cognition, renowned composer and theorist Fred Lerdahl builds on his careerlong work of developing a comprehensive model of music cognition. Bringing together his dual expertise in composition and music theory, he reveals the way in which his research has served as a foundation for his compositional style and how his intuitions as a composer have guided his cognitively oriented theories. At times personal and reflective, this book offers an overall picture of the musical mind that has implications for central issues in contemporary composition, including the recurrent gap between method and result, and the tension between cognitive constraints and utopian aesthetic views of musical progress. Lerdahl's succinct volume provides invaluable insights for students and instructors, composers and music scholars, and anyone engaged with contemporary music.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780520973251
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Composition and Cognition
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Conventions and Abbreviations Used in This Book
  10. 1. From Composition to Theory
  11. 2. Genesis and Architecture of the Music Theory
  12. 3. On the Musical Capacity
  13. 4. Cognitive Constraints Redux
  14. 5. From Theory to Composition
  15. References
  16. Index