Handbook of the Barefoot Composer

By Iacopo Del Panta

A chat about music between the serious (little) and the facetious (much more) in search of the perfect form in the expression of feeling "In this book I talk about my vision of music and musical aesthetic, starting with the explanation of my main compositions, and going through the story of my personal experience, my education and how I grew up in music and beyond. A book in which I tell my experience of music and life from my first notes to nowadays artistic "maturity" , pausing on the main aspects of musical theory and hazarding a brief digression in the complex and varied world of harmony and counterpoint. Inspired by mathematical theories of musical harmonic I look back very briefly through the evolution of musical thought from time of J.S. Bach until some small foray into modern music. I'll be waiting for taking you with me in this short (and at the same time long) trip! Iacopo Del Panta

• Language: English
• Publisher: Iacopo Del Panta
• Release date: Oct 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9788892509467

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Iacopo Del Panta

HANDBOOK OF THE PASSIONATE COMPOSER

a talk about music between the serious way (just a little) and the waggish one (absolutely more) looking for the perfect form through the sentiment's expression

A chat about music between the serious (little) and the facetious (much more) in search of the perfect form in the expression of feeling In this book I talk about my vision of music and musical aesthetic, starting with the explanation of my main compositions, and going through the story of my personal experience, my education and how I grew up in music and beyond. A book in which I tell my experience of music and life from my first notes to nowadays artistic maturity , pausing on the main aspects of musical theory and hazarding a brief digression in the complex and varied world of harmony and counterpoint. Inspired by mathematical theories of musical harmonic I look back very briefly through the evolution of musical thought from time of J.S. Bach until some small foray into modern music. I'll be waiting for taking you with me in this short (and at the same time long) trip! Iacopo Del Panta" 

Handbook of the Passionate Composer

First English edition Copyright © 2015 Iacopo Del Panta

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Original Title: Manuale del Compositore per Passione

English Translation by Iacopo Del Panta Copyright © 2015

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Contents Index

FOREWORD TO ENGLISH EDITION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

REFERENCE & BIBLIOGRAPHY

A BIT OF MUSIC OF MINE (PART 1)

A BIT OF MUSIC OF MINE (PART 2)

Credits

FOREWORD TO ENGLISH EDITION

WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR

This edition has been translated to English from Italian directly by me. All things I know about music and composition were learned by me in Italian. So I didn’t study English terminology about music and music theory. I apologize since now for all mistakes and inaccuracies you can find in this book, specially with reference to English terminology about music. The same is valid about bibliography and notes: I have left Italian notes and references and I have not done the effort to substitute them with valid English books and references... I know that it will be not very useful for all not-Italian speakers... Please forgive me and consider this book as a fantasy reading and not as a scholastic book, take from this reading only facts and notions you will find interesting and not all the music theory that I have exposed to clarify my musical works and my life experiences. Have a good reading!

The Author

Iacopo Del Panta

INTRODUCTION

WHY I HAVE WRITTEN THIS BOOK

If you are reading this e-book, probably you have heard some of my musical works: maybe you have at your disposal one of my collections, recently issued under the two volumes entitled Digital Collection Vol.1 [1] and Digital Collection Vol. 2 [2]. So it is possible that you are interested in classic music and - more specifically - in composition and in those compositive processes that bring to the creation of musical work... or alternatively you could have heard my compositions cause of you are a friend of mine... and you would miss neither the reading of this book... in that case I will be greatly gratefull to you since now!!!

In both cases, the purpose of this publication is to provide a guide to the listening of my musical works, that otherwise could seem quite abstract