Music Theory Courses

Music for Analysis: Examples from the Common Practice Period and the Twentieth Century

Eighth edition

Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit, Timothy Koozin...

9780190620752
Spiral Bound
January 2018

Organizes a wide range of musical excerpts by theory topic

Principles of Music

Second Edition

Philip Lambert

9780190638146
Spiral Bound
September 2017

A step-by-step introduction to basic musical skills

Music Theory Remixed: A Blended Approach for the Practicing Musician

Kevin Holm-Hudson

9780199330560
Paperback
December 2016

A contemporary introduction to music theory with a wide-ranging repertory

Score Anthology to Accompany The Complete Musician

Steven G. Laitz and Ian Sewell

9780199395514
Spiral Bound
January 2016

Workbook to Accompany The Complete Musician: Workbook 2: Skills and Musicianship

Fourth Edition

Steven Laitz

9780199347117
Paperback
December 2015

Covers musicianship skills and features exercises within each chapter organized by activity type: one- line and two- part singing, dictation, keyboard, and instrumental application

Workbook to Accompany The Complete Musician: Workbook 1: Writing and Analysis

Fourth Edition

Steven Laitz

9780199347100
Paperback
December 2015

Dedicated to written and analytical activities, including figured bass, melody harmonization, model composition, and analysis

The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory, Analysis, and Listening

Fourth Edition

Steven G. Laitz

9780199347094
Paperback
November 2015

The most engaging, integrated, and musical theory text available for music majors

Aural Skills in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Sight Singing, Ear Training, Keyboard Harmony, and Improvisation

Evan Jones and Matthew Shaftel

9780199943821
Spiral Bound
October 2013

A complete Aural Skills text thoroughly integrated into the Music Theory sequence

Applied Music Fundamentals: Writing, Singing, and Listening

Jena Root

9780199846771
Spiral Bound
September 2013

A step-by-step approach to mastering basic musical concepts through building listening and writing skills

Anthology for Analysis and Performance: For Use in the Theory Classroom

Matthew Bribitzer-Stull

9780199857234
Spiral Bound
March 2013

A Score Anthology That Will Appeal to Your Performance Students

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age

Richard Sussman and Michael Abene

9780195381009
Paperback
February 2012

A comprehensive instructional text and reference guidebook on the art and craft of jazz composition and arranging for small and large ensembles

From Sound to Symbol: Fundamentals of Music

Second Edition

Micheal Houlahan and Philip Tacka

9780199751914
Paperback
January 2011

The ONLY text that uses sound first as a more natural and organic way to learn music theory

Student Workbook to Accompany Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint

Steven G Laitz and Christopher Bartlette

9780195376999
Paperback
March 2009

This Student Workbook accompanies Graduate Review of Tonal Theory and features sixty-one diverse exercise sets that correlate with material in the text.

Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint

Steven G. Laitz and Christopher Bartlette

9780195376982
Hardcover
March 2009

Graduate Review of Tonal Theory is the first book to review music theory at a level that is sophisticated enough for beginning graduate students.

Modal Counterpoint: Renaissance Style

Second Edition

Peter Schubert

9780195331943
Spiral Bound
December 2007

The only species counterpoint text that draws directly on Renaissance treatises, Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style, Second Edition, provides a conceptual framework to guide students through composition and analysis as it teaches them general structural principles.

Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis

Deborah Stein

9780195170108
Hardcover
November 2004

The first collection of its kind, Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis includes twenty-two selections by highly esteemed contemporary music theorists.

Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

William E. Caplin

9780195143997
Paperback
December 2000

Music Theory Resource Book

Harold Owen

9780195115390
Paperback
February 2000

Embodies a concise anthology of complete compositions, accompanied by thought-provoking discussion questions