Music: By Subject Subject Guide

Theory and Composition

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Books about Music Theory and Composition
General, MT 6-; Composition, MT 40-; Improvisation, MT 68-; Orchestration and instrumentation, MT 70-; Analytical guides, MT 90-145; Pedagogy and techniques for instruments, MT 170-810 (all in General Stacks)

Society for Music TheoryLinks to music theory resources, including computer-aided instruction, and to the society's e-journal, Music Theory Online (also below).

Center for the History of Music Theory and LiteratureProvides access to several music history- and theory-related databases: Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online; Musical Borrowing: An Annotated Bibliography; Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarium and Saggi musicali italiani (databases of theory treatises).

Music Theory Online (MTO)Bi-monthly e-journal by Society for Music Theory. Each issue contains 1-2 articles, commentary, reviews, job listings, notices of new dissertations, books, etc.

Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth Century Music, 1940-2000
Ref ML 113 .H695 2007
Locates analyses of works by over 1,000 19th- and 20th-century composers appearing in journals and other print sources from 1940 through 2000. More info

Music Analyses: An Annotated Guide to the Literature
Ref ML 128 .A7 D5 1991
Where analyses may be found in books, periodicals, and dissertations.

Musictheory.netA collection of simple music theory tutorials and interactive exercises. Entire site can be downloaded for offline use. More info

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