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Download or read book Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-century Music written by Stefan M. Kostka and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2006 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twilight of the tonal system -- Scale formations in twentieth-century music -- The vertical dimension -- The horizontal dimension : melody and voice leading -- Harmonic progression and tonality -- Developments in rhythm -- Form in twentieth-century music -- Imports and allusions -- Nonserial atonality -- Classical serialism -- Timbre and texture : acoustic -- Timbre and texture : electronic -- Serialism after 1945 -- The roles of chance and choice in twentieth-century music -- Minimalism and beyond.