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1) Counterpoint & Harmony
Bairstow Edward C.:

MacMillan. 1937. x, 399pp, 467 music examples, many extended. signature of previous owner, spine faded, contents v good . more information

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2) The Theory of Sound in Its Relation to Music
Blaserna, Pietro

Henry S. King. 1876. Cloth. English edition. xi, 187pp, +48pp ads. Illustrated with woodcuts, some of them designed by Professor Tyndale for his book on Sound, diagrams. No. XXII in The International Scientific Series. Covers soiled and darkened, corners bumped and slight damage at top and base of spine. Previous owners signature. . more information

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3) Musical Structure and Design
Davie, Cedric Thorpe

Dennis Dobson. 1970. 181pp, corner clipped from top corner of ffep ow v good in price clipped dw . more information

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4) Music Theory and Analysis in the Writings of Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Dudeque, Norton

Music Theory and Analysis in the Writings of Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Aldershot: Ashgate. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0754641392 . 290pp, 88 music examples. New copy . more information

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5) A manual of Music
Dunstan, Ralph

J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Very Good. Brown Cloth. nd 1912? 27th edition, revised & enlarged. 303pp. Previous owners signature. . more information

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6) Sonata Form
Hadow, W.H

Novello & Co. Cloth Backed Paper Boards. Novello's Music Primers and Educational Series no date 184pp Edges of boards a little bumped, browning of endpapers, some pencil markings. A good reading copy. . more information

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7) Musical Ornaments Simply Explained
Harding H.A

Weekes & Co. Very Good. N/D 7th enlarged edition. with questions and answers. 57pp, many music examples. Brown cloth boards . more information

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8) Elementary Training for Musicians
Hindemith, Paul

Elementary Training for Musicians
Schott & Co. Very Good. 1974. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. 0901938165 . xiii, 237pp . more information

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9) The Invention and Composition of Music
Hutchings, Arthur

Novello & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. 309pp, many music examples . more information

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10) The Second Practice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality
Kinderman, William and Krebs, Harald

The Second Practice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality
University Of Nebraska Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0803227248 . 279pp, music examples. 'Eight scholarly essays examine the emergence of increasingly complex extended and suspended harmonic techniques in 19th century music. Focusing on a wide range of works by composers such as Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Wolf, Bruckner and Pfitzner, the authors explore how the evolving formal and narrative aesthetics of the Romantic age increasingly encouraged composers to view the suspension of conventional tonal functions as both a technical and an expressive necessity'. . more information

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11) Studies in Fugue
Kitson, C.H

Oxford Clarendon Press. 1909. First Edition. 104pp. slight wear on boards ow v good . more information

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12) Counterpoint for Beginners
Kitson, C.H

Oxford University Press. Good. 1954. 114pp . more information

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13) A Short History of Harmony & the Laws & Evolution of Music
MacPherson & Combarieu

Waverley Book Co. Good. Hardcover. no date. xi, 334pp, music examples. edges & corners slightly worn, 2 small patches of lost colour on boards. . more information

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14) Practical Harmony : A concise treatise (including the harmonization of melodies) with progressive Exercises
MacPherson, Stewart

Joseph Williams. Very Good. 1907. Card Covers. 162pp Ring stain on cover. . more information

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15) Form in Music: with Special Reference to The Designs of Instrumental Music
MacPherson, Stewart

Joseph Williams. New & Revised Edition. Paperback. no date xii, 279pp. covers slightly dusty ow v good . more information

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16) Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945 Essays and Analytical Studies
Marvin, Elizabeth West & Hermann, Richard

Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945 Essays and Analytical Studies
University Of Rochester Press. Fine. 2002. Paperback. 1580460968 . 452pp, illustrations. Analysis of a wide range of Western music, disregarding barriers between different kinds of music and discussing topics in three sections: compositional poetics, structuralist approaches, and musical-analysis. New copy; Eastman Studies in Music . more information

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17) Text Book of Counterpoint
Oakey, Geo

J. Curwen. 1890. Sixth Edition. Cloth, Gilt. 112pp staining to endpapers. . more information

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18) Instrumentation
Prout, Ebenezer

Novello & Co. Very Good. no date Novello, Ewer and Co.'s Music Primers. cloth backed paper covered boards. 145pp . more information

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19) The Theory of Total Consonance
Rosberger Paul

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,. 1970. (c1970) 108pp, 27 diagrams. v good in grubby & worn dw. . more information

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20) Student Guide to Writing Music Notation
Rosecrans, Glen

Wise Publications. Near Fine. 1980. Paperback. 0860017583 . 40pp. . more information

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21) Sonata Forms
Rosen, Charles

Sonata Forms
Norton. Fine. 1988. Revised Edition. Paperback. 0393302199 . 415pp, music examples. In this revised edition the text has been corrected and enlarged and includes a new chapter on codas. . more information

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22) Music in Transition: a Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality, 1900-1920
Samson, Jim

J. M. Dent. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0460042459 . 242pp, music examples. . more information

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23) Mahler's Sixth Symphony - a Study in Musical Semiotics
Samuels, Robert

Mahler's Sixth Symphony - a Study in Musical Semiotics
Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 052148166X . xv, 175pp, text figures, music examples. Analyses and discusses one of the most important works in the symphonic repertory. Uses ideas drawn from contemporary critical theory, in particular semiotics, drawing on ideas from Eco, Barthes, and Derrida. ; Cambridge Studies in Music Theory & Analysis . more information

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24) Structural Functions of Harmony
Schoenberg, Arnold

Structural Functions of Harmony
Faber & Faber. Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0571196578 . xvi, 203pp. New copy . more information

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25) Machine Models of Music
Schwanauer, Stephen M. & Levitt, David A

Cambridge, Mass: MIT. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0262193191 . 544pp, text illustrations, music examples. 'Machine Models of Music brings together representative models ranging from Mozart's "Musical Dice Game" to an article by Marvin Minsky and current research to illustrate the impact that artificial intelligence has had on the understanding and composition of traditional music and to demonstrate the ways in which music can push the boundaries of traditional AI research. New copy Heavy book . more information

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26) Introduction to Microtonal Music for Composers and Instrumentalist in Conventional and Electronic Media
Whitman, George

Introduction to Microtonal Music for Composers and Instrumentalist  in Conventional and Electronic Media
British & Continental Music Agencies. Very Good. 1970. Softcover. 16pp, music examples. . more information

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