Twelve-tone composition
Subtitle: [A narrative presentation with musical examples.].
Contributors: Geib, William
Publisher: Folkways Records
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Composition (Music); Twelve-tone system
Notes: Narrated by William Geib.

Musical examples, composed by Nelhybel, played by woodwind quartet.

Introductory note by Franz Brenn and texts of the recording ([15] p.) inserted in slipcase.

William Geib, narrator.
Table of contents: title: From tonality to atonality; title: Building a twelve-tone series; title: Musical themes in a twelve-tone series; title: Series forms. Original ; Retrograde ; Inversion ; Retrograde-inversion; title: Creating vertical patterns. Two-part composition ; Three-part composition ; Four-part composition; title: Transposing a series; title: Symmetric series; title: All-interval series; title: Harmony. chords: tonic, dominant, subdominant ; Tonality ; Cadence; title: Chord-foreign notes. Passing notes ; Alternation note; ; Anticipation ; Retardation ; Suspension; title: Tension and resolution, Consonance and dissonance ; Tonality ; Atonality ; Diatonic ; Chromatic; title: Intervals; title: Scales. Chromatic ; Whole-tone ; Major ; Minor ; Minor melodic ; Gypsy or Oriental ; Chinese or Pentatonic; title: Transposition; title: Demonstration of various terms. Polytonality ; Horizontal ; Vertical ; Homophony ; Polyphony; title: Retrograde mirror form.