Form and Method: Composing Music offers us a unique testing ground on which a meaningful exchange can now begin about how recognized composers actually work, running against the grain of covertness that has become the norm in recent decades. Understanding the condition of music in contemporary society requires insight into how composers actually do what they do. This book is an important first step in this regard, and will be of interest to composers, theorists, cognitive and perceptual scientists, as well as the general reader.