Study of Counterpoint
Study of Counterpoint

Author: Johann Fux

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780393002775

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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
Counterpoint

Author: Knud Jeppesen

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0486318877

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First paperback edition of classic introductory text features history of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in 2-, 3- and 4-part counterpoint; canon, motet, Mass, more. Includes many musical examples.

The Study of Fugue
The Study of Fugue

Author: Alfred Mann

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0486171345

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Features a historical survey of writings on the fugue from the Renaissance to the present as well as four 18th-century studies: works by J. J. Fux, F. W. Marpurg, and more. Includes introductions, commentary, and 255 musical examples.

A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint
A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint

Author: Robert Gauldin

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2013-03-04

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1478608765

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Practical work in writing counterpoint! This volume emphasizes developing analytical and writing skills in the contrapuntal technique of the eighteenth century. The orientation is strongly stylistic, dealing mainly with the polyphony of the late Baroque period. Three aspects are stressed throughout: practical work in writing counterpoint, utilizing various textures, devices, and genre of the period; historical background, to establish the origins of different forms and justify the pedagogical method employed here; analysis of selections from music literature, often in voice-leading reductions. After an opening chapter that reviews some general features of the late Baroque period, there is a brief survey of melodic characteristics, and a study of procedures associated with two, three, and four voices.

Debussy in Proportion
Debussy in Proportion

Author: Roy Howat

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780521311458

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An analysis that accounts precisely for the nature of Debussy's musical forms and how forms of different works are related. Geometric systems found here throw new light on Debussy's intense interest in the other arts and provide links with artists he admired in other fields.

A Practical Approach to 16th Century Counterpoint
A Practical Approach to 16th Century Counterpoint

Author: Robert Gauldin

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2013-03-04

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1478608757

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Practical work in writing counterpoint! Gauldin emphasizes the acquisition of writing skills in the contrapuntal discipline and the simulation of sixteenth-century sacred polyphonic idioms in this volume. The author follows a didactic method of a non-species or direct approach. While no previous contrapuntal training is necessary to absorb this material, some acquaintance with Baroque polyphonic terminology proves helpful. Key features include: musical examples illustrating specific devices are taken from musical literature or composed by the author; demonstrates the possibility of employing a single given pitch series within the contexts of different compositional techniques; includes a collection of complete or excerpted movements drawn from musical literature at the conclusion of each major textual division; emphasizes Palestrina and the Counter-Reformation sacred style; discusses various compositional procedures of the late Renaissance, including paraphrase, cantus firmus, familiar style, parody, polychoral technique, and chromaticism.

Counterpoint
Counterpoint

Author: Henry Martin

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780810854093

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"Counterpoint proceeds by developing species counterpoint in the tradition of Johann Joseph Fux and his famous Gradus ad Parnassum (1725), but with attention to Schenker's more in-depth study. Everyone from beginning music theory students to composers to graduate composition students will benefit from the methods introduced here. As emphasized in the preface, readers are presented with "exercises for composition." Rather than actually teaching a student to compose, working through these exercises will improve musicianship as it applies to both composition and understanding music theory."--BOOK JACKET.