An edition of Counterpoint (1987)

Counterpoint

based on eighteenth-century practice

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An edition of Counterpoint (1987)

Counterpoint

based on eighteenth-century practice

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This fourth edition of the leading text in the field retains the overall organization of the third, which appeared some twelve years ago. Analysis of contrapuntal music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries provides a basic foundation for writing in this style. - Back cover.

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Publisher
Prentice Hall
Language
English
Pages
292

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Counterpoint: based on eighteenth-century practice
1999, Prentice Hall
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Counterpoint: based on eighteenth-century practice
1987, Prentice-Hall
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Upper Saddle River, NJ

Table of Contents

Introduction
The single melodic line
Principles of two-voice counterpoint
Two-voice exercises, 1:1, 2:1
Chromaticism (two voices)
Two-voice exercises (concluded)
Writing of short two-voice pieces
Canon
Invertible counterpoint
The two-part invention : motive development
Three-voice counterpoint
Writing of short pieces, three voices
Imitation in three voices
The three-part invention : the trio sonata
Fugue
Fugue (continued)
Fugue (concluded)
Forms based on the chorale
Contrapuntal variation forms
Selected bibliography

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.2/86
Library of Congress
MT55 .K53 1999, MT55.K53 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
292 p.
Number of pages
292
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL362000M
Internet Archive
counterpointthed00kenn
ISBN 10
013080746X
ISBN 13
9780130807465
LCCN
98022174
Library Thing
198094
Goodreads
205806

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