{"product_id":"charles-wuorinen-simple-composition","title":"Charles Wuorinen - Simple Composition","description":"\u003cp class=\"_p_1x4zg_107\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimple Composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1979) is Charles Wuorinen's landmark treatise on twelve-tone composition, presenting a rigorous and highly systematic approach to serial technique that extends and reinterprets the methods of the Second Viennese School. Despite its ironic title, the work is a dense and demanding guide to Wuorinen's own compositional language — one grounded in the time-point system he developed with Harvey Sollberger, in which rhythmic structure is derived from the same series governing pitch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1x4zg_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWuorinen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and one of the foremost figures of the American post-war avant-garde, offers in this volume not merely a theoretical framework but a compositional philosophy: that the twelve-tone system, far from exhausted, remains the most fertile ground for rigorous musical thought. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimple Composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands alongside Schoenberg's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle and Idea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Babbitt's collected writings as essential reading in 20th-century compositional theory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1x4zg_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn essential resource for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"_ul_1x4zg_146\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposers working in or studying twelve-tone and serial techniques\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGraduate students in music theory and composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerformers seeking analytical insight into the post-war American repertoire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLibraries and conservatories with holdings in contemporary music theory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy is signed by the author and includes programme materials related to the premiere of his seventh symphony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45770368483437,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/6750\/1677\/files\/PXL_20260818_190133817.jpg?v=1788449093","url":"https:\/\/www.ayottemusic.com\/products\/charles-wuorinen-simple-composition","provider":"Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}