Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice - Hardcover

by Allen Cohen (Author)

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.

Author Biography

ALLEN COHEN is Assistant Professor of Music at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is active as a composer, conductor, and pianist in the New York City area.