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.

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.

Contemporary Counterpoint
Contemporary Counterpoint

Author: Beth Denisch

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1540012239

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(Berklee Guide). Use counterpoint to make your music more engaging and creative. Counterpoint the relationship between musical voices is among the core principles for writing music, and it has been central to the study of composition for many centuries. Whether you are a composer, arranger, film composer, orchestrator, music director, bandleader, or improvising musician, this book will help hone your craft, gain control, and lead you to new creative possibilities. You will learn "tricks of the trade" from the masters and apply these skills to contemporary styles. Online audio examples illustrate the principles being discussed, and many recommended listening lists point you to additional examples of how these principles have been used in music over the past thousand years.

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.

The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint
The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint

Author: Thomas Benjamin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1135946639

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Counterpoint
Counterpoint

Author: Walter Piston

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1947

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9780393097283

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Explores the contrapuntal element in significant works from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for the music student who fully understands the composition of harmony

Counterpoint
Counterpoint

Author: Markand Thakar

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780300046380

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Counterpoint manuals have long been central to the music education of composers, historians, and theorists. In this book a conductor uses counterpoint exercises to aid musicians in becoming sensitive to the fundamental ingredients of good music making.

A Geometry of Music
A Geometry of Music

Author: Dmitri Tymoczko

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2011-03-21

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 0195336674

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In this groundbreaking book, Tymoczko uses contemporary geometry to provide a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz.

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style
Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style

Author: Peter Schubert

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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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.