The Craft of Musical Composition: Book 2 (Stap/067) Paperback – October 1, 1984

Well, I can't say that I love it, but my son-in-law does. He took a position as a private school music director (bands and choirs, grades K-8). We gave him the Hindenmith books for his birthday in August, before classes started. He was very grateful. They have been a huge help as he prepares his lessons, helping students to understand the principles behind the music they are playing. And the books have been useful to him in arranging, or rearranging various pieces for his different groups. It was also useful to him to have these as references in his college masters degree program composition class. One volume or the other is always out on his desk and open to a different page, so it seems clear that he gets plenty of use from them.

Hindemith really takes you through the rules of counterpoint (ok his rules) and he really challenges you with his two part writing exercises.

The 4 musical composition books, by Paul Hindemith, were given as a gift to a dear friend who raved about them;hence, this review is based upon their extreme delight with them.

Read it if you want to be a composer. I mean it. Hindemith did a great job with this book (you should buy the first volume too). I will not tell you what you'll find in this book, experience your self. Read and learn.

Good

needed for a class

MUST HAVE amazing guide for serious musicians

I purchased this book (and Book 1: Theory) for my daughter who aspires to be a composer. My low rating is not pertaining to the content of the books, but rather to the quality of the printing.The book is simply physically too small. There are many, many illustrations in the book, and most of them are very difficult to read due to the small size of the print. Some of the illustrations are impossible to read, for the same reason. The details of the illustration are literally obliterated by being so small that the numbers, characters, and symbols cannot be distinguished.I have no doubt that the content of the book is good, but the printing needs to be of higher quality, on better paper, and in a format that is at least 50% larger. Attached is an example

Excelente

Perfect!!