2006-10-19 17:55:00 · 4 answers · asked by autonomous1980 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
The site below lists several. You should have mentioned what kind of music for a more specific answer. Writing (composing) rock is very much different than classical.
Vincent Persichetti's Twentieth Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice is good.
Arnold Schoenberg's Structural Functions of Harmony is a theoretical work and represents his final thoughts on the subject of classical and romantic harmony.
Treatise on Instrumentation by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss is unique.
There are many others.
2006-10-21 10:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 65⤊ 3⤋
Books, because they can describe things better. You don't just get the visual buzz from a movie or hearing music. Books seem to give you sensations in all your senses. If its a good book your imagination can go wild, instead of just seeing what they want you to see on a movie. It can be your own world.
2016-05-22 04:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm in orchestration right now - there aren't many books for that particular subject, but the one by Kent Kennan isn't too bad when understanding the mechanics of each instrument as well as combining them.
2006-10-21 16:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by strawberry23 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try google friend.
Carpe Diem!
2006-10-22 09:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by afrodyzyak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋