Why can’t I find books on composing classical music? I can find books on individual components of compositions, such as harmony and counterpoint, but not on composition in the classical tradition (which is, incidentally, the title of a book that has nothing to do with composition or music; it’s apparently on an ancient Greek form of argument). Does no one care, or have too many people moved to a different style by now?

I always feel as if I’m missing something when I write music (probably training), because I can hear entire pieces springing fully formed into my mind, but I can never write them. I have a fairly well-developed sense of relative pitch by this point and I still can’t write down the music without having to undergo a tedious trial-and-error sort of process. For me, writing is a chore, but the glory of composition, as distinct from writing, motivates me to complete pieces.