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Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice
Allen Cohen
Book Code: GM2135
ISBN: 0-313-32135-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32135-1
304 pages, chart, tables, musical ex.s
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance
Series Number: 66
Reviews:
  • [T]he book is clearly written, with measured evaluations of both Hanson's theory and set theory. With this book, Cohen makes a significant addition to the study of music theory. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professional musicians.
    —Choice     July 2004
Description: In this exciting new study of a largely overlooked but nevertheless extremely important figure in American music, author Allen Cohen explores the relationship between theory and practice in the works of Howard Hanson, a prominent twentieth-century composer, conductor, and educator. In Hanson's book Harmonic Materials of Modern Music, he proffered a theory of classification of all possible pitch-class collections in the chromatic scale, showing ways of deriving larger collections from smaller ones, and demonstrating significant relationships among them. This theory anticipated in many ways the standard formulations of music set theory, while also influencing Hanson's own compositions. Following an introduction and biographical overview, Howard Hanson: Theory and Practice summarizes its subject's theoretical writings, examines their usefulness for both musicologists and composers, and analyzes in particular two of Hanson's musical pieces. In this way, Howard Hanson represents an exciting and highly educational look at a man and his work, both unacknowledged for too long.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Background: Hanson's Life and Career
  • A Summary of Harmonic Materials of Modern Music
  • The Theory Considered as a System
  • The Theory Considered as a Method of Analysis
  • The Two Demonstration Pieces
  • The Influence of the Theory on Hanson's Later Compositions
  • Coda: The Elements of Style
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2003057979
LCC Class: ML410
Dewey Class: 780
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