Books by Erik Højsgaard

In Rhythm. Advanced Studies, Erik Højsgaard, composer and professor of aural training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, provides a detailed guide to reading and understanding advanced use of rhythm. The 451 exercises and their corresponding notes allow those professionally involved with music to further develop their technical and practical skills in this specific area. The book also includes exercises aimed at developing modern composition techniques. Danish professor and composer Per Nørgård writes: The many aspects of aural training in this book by Erik Højsgaard have been inspired by his deep insight into western music and its thousand-year-old traditions. Written with clarity that allows for rhythm and polyphony to be presented in an understandable form, Højsgaard's book is both musical and entertaining. There is no doubt that one gains new insights and musical joys after working through the book's exercises.

I Rytme. Videregående studier giver Erik Højsgaard, komponist og professor i hørelære ved Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, en indføring i rytmelæsning. Med bogens 451 øvelser og tilhørende noter får alle, der beskæftiger sig professionelt med musik, mulighed for at videreudvikle deres tekniske og håndværksmæssige kunnen inden for dette område. Bogen indeholder også øvelser rettet mod nyere kompositionspraksis. Om bogen skriver professor og komponist Per Nørgård: Erik Højsgaards indføring i hørelærens mange sider er båret af dyb indsigt i den vestlige musik og dens tusindårige tradition. Foruden den pædagogiske klarhed, der bringer rytme og flerstemmighed på en forståelig form, er Højsgaards fremstilling både musikalsk og underholdende. Man har erhvervet nye indblik og tillige musikalske glæder, når man har gennemarbejdet bogens øvelser.