pcartwright
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In another thread I mentioned that I found several books by Lyle Murphy through the inter-library loan system.
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Complete course in modern harmony, composition and orchestration for dance band, radio and motion pictures by Lyle Murphy, Hollywood, CA, 1948
This particular book is actually made up of four volumes titled:
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Creating New Sounds in Music with a 12-Tone System: Composing and Arranging from Chord Patterns by Lyle Murphy, Hollywood, CA, 1949
This particular book provides more explicit detail than the volume referenced above around Murphy's method. In this book Murphy specifically details voice-leading concepts that he summarized into a device called "the wheel" as well as composition methods.
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I'm not claiming that these are the complete Equal Interval System, but many components of that system are undoubtedly found in these books. I would be interested to hear where EIS and these books differ in approach.
My intention is to parse through my notes and these books on the forum to check my understanding of Murphy's method (at least at the time of these publications). Any thoughts or comments welcome.
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Complete course in modern harmony, composition and orchestration for dance band, radio and motion pictures by Lyle Murphy, Hollywood, CA, 1948
This particular book is actually made up of four volumes titled:
- Modern Harmony
- System of Progressions
- Advanced Harmony and Composition
- Basic Orchestration
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Creating New Sounds in Music with a 12-Tone System: Composing and Arranging from Chord Patterns by Lyle Murphy, Hollywood, CA, 1949
This particular book provides more explicit detail than the volume referenced above around Murphy's method. In this book Murphy specifically details voice-leading concepts that he summarized into a device called "the wheel" as well as composition methods.
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I'm not claiming that these are the complete Equal Interval System, but many components of that system are undoubtedly found in these books. I would be interested to hear where EIS and these books differ in approach.
My intention is to parse through my notes and these books on the forum to check my understanding of Murphy's method (at least at the time of these publications). Any thoughts or comments welcome.