The Craft of Modal Counterpoint

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint
Author: Thomas Benjamin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415971713

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint
Author: Thomas Benjamin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415971720

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style
Author: Peter Schubert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The only species counterpoint text that draws directly on Renaissance treatises, Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style, Second Edition, provides a conceptual framework to guide students through composition and analysis as it teaches them general structural principles. It distinguishes between technical requirements ("hard" rules) and stylistic guidelines ("soft" rules), and includes coordinated exercises that allow students to develop their skills systematically. The second edition integrates improvisation activities and new repertoire examples into many chapters; revises the chapter on three-part writing (Chapter 14) so that it pays more attention to rules and strategies; reworks the chapters on cadences (Chapter 10) and on writing two parts in mixed values (Chapter 11) to make them more accessible to students; incorporates clarified instructions throughout; and includes a summary of rules.

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint
Author: Thomas Benjamin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2005-02-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0203997204

The companion book to Benjamin's recently republished Craft of Tonal Counterpoint, this entirely rewritten second edition provides a complete analysis of modal counterpoint - the important musical style that forms the basis of all early music.

Study of Counterpoint

Study of Counterpoint
Author: Johann Fux
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1965
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393002775

The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the great composers, including J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven. Originally written in Latin, this work has been translated in to the principal European languages. The present translation by Alfred Mann is the first faithful rendering in English, presenting the essence of Fux's teachings.

Counterpoint in Composition

Counterpoint in Composition
Author: Felix Salzer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1989
Genre: Composition (Music)
ISBN: 023107039X

-- Stanley Persky, City University of New York

Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento

Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento
Author: Job IJzerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190695005

A new method of music theory education for undergraduate music students, Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento is grounded in schema theory and partimento, and takes an integrated, hands-on approach to the teaching of harmony and counterpoint in today's classrooms and studios. A textbook in three parts, the package includes: - the hardcopy text, providing essential stylistic and technical information and repertoire discussion; - an online workbook with a full range of exercises, including partimenti by Fenaroli, Sala, and others, along with arrangements of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century compositions; - an online instructor's manual providing additional information and realizations of all exercises. Linking theoretical knowledge with aural perception and aesthetic experience, the exercises encompass various activities, such as singing, playing, improvising, and notation, which challenge and develop the student's harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic imagination. Covering the common-practice period (Corelli to Brahms), Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento is a core component of practice-oriented training of musicianship skills, in conjunction with solfeggio, analysis, and modal or tonal counterpoint.

The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint

The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint
Author: Douglass Green
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1136935096

Covering modal music from Gregorian chant through the seventeenth-century, The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook combining stylistic composition, theory and analysis, music history, and performance. By supplementing a modified species approach with a wealth of complete musical examples and historical information, this textbook thoroughly joins principle with practice, providing a truly immersive experience in the study of modal counterpoint and familiarizing students with modal repertoire.

Basic Contrapuntal Techniques

Basic Contrapuntal Techniques
Author: H. Owen Reed
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780757916663

A revision of the classic 1964 edition exploring counterpoint techniques beyond the stylistic base of the baroque tradition. This practical 194-page book contains a glossary of terms, a bibliography for further study, and a subject index. There is also an index of musical examples, and the included CDs contain recordings of musical examples from the text. Includes perforated exercise pages for students.