<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">Hello Collective Wisdom,<br><br>We are thinking of changing to Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music by Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit and Robert Nelson (Oct 17, 1997)<br><br>I am overseas and waiting to get access to a digital examination copy from the publisher, but I have not looked closely at the book for several years. Our program is small and many of our students are poorly prepared. I'm pretty sure they could not handle A&S. If you have used the Benjamin book recently, please let me know your thoughts, pro and con.<br><br>I realize there was some discussion of a similar topic recently, but I would like more information if possible.<br><br>Many thanks,<br>David Claman<br>Assistant Professor of
Music<br>Lehman College- City University of New York<br><a ymailto="mailto:david.claman@lehman.cuny.edu" href="mailto:david.claman@lehman.cuny.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: text !important; ">david.claman@lehman.cuny.edu</a><br><br></span></div></div></body></html>