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==Resources==
==Resources==
====Readings====


* [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/atonality-and-serialism.pdf ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:'' "Atonality and Serialism"]
*Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:''
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/Serialism.html Chapter 34: Serialism]
 
*Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory:''
**Twelve-Tone Theory: [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneBasics.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneOperations.html 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneIntervallicStructure.html 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneMusicDerivation.html 4], [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneMusicInvariance.html 5], [http://openmusictheory.com/twelveToneMusicInvariance.html 6]
*[http://academic.udayton.edu/PhillipMagnuson/soundpatterns/microcosms/serialism.html Magnuson, ''Sound Patterns:'' Serialism]
*[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/atonality-and-serialism.pdf ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:'' "Atonality and Serialism"]
*Kelley, ''Introduction to Post-Tonal Music Analysis:''
**[http://robertkelleyphd.com/home/teaching/music-theory/intro-to-post-tonal-music-analysis/#12Tone "The Twelve-Tone Method"]
**[http://robertkelleyphd.com/home/teaching/music-theory/intro-to-post-tonal-music-analysis/#matrix "The Matrix"]


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==

Revision as of 15:39, 31 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives

  • Students will become familiar with the characteristics and techniques of atonality.

Resources

Readings

Class Activities

  • Discussion and definition of atonal composition, including Schoenberg’s twelve-tone row process
  • Analysis of a twelve-tone row piece
  • Composition of a short atonal piece

Assignments

  • Twelve-tone row analysis of a written score

Files

Notes