Resources & Writings
PERSONAL WRITINGS
OTHER RESOURCES
- 20th-century composer timeline (.pdf, 2.3 mb)
An at-a-glance chart of major twentieth-century composers and important contemporary musical trends, created by composer Joseph Klein.
- Customizable staff paper
Free staff paper that allows much customization before printing.
- Interactive twelve-tone matrix calculator
Computes the 12-tone matrix (“magic square”) based on a 12-tone row which you enter, showing all possible primes, inversions, retrogrades, and retrograde inversions.
- International Phonetic Alphabet chart (.pdf, 58.1 kb)
A useful resource for writing vocal music by the International Phonetic Association, providing a notational standard for the phonetic representation of all languages.
- Music Preparation Guidelines for Orchestral Music (.pdf, 71.7 kb)
A valuable resource for producing scores and parts, compiled by the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association.