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A practical approach to 16th century counterpoint
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Uniform Title
Practical approach to sixteenth century counterpoint
Title
A practical approach to 16th century counterpoint / Robert Gauldin.
ISBN
1478604719
9781478604716
Edition
Revised edition.
Publication
Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press, [2013].
Physical Description
viii, 312 pages : music ; 23 cm
Variant and related titles
Practical approach to sixteenth century counterpoint
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 19, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Preliminary remarks
Melodic writing with white notes
Two-voice texture with white notes
Melodic writing with black notes
Two-voice texture with black notes
Other aspects of two-voice texture
Examples of two-voice compositions for analysis
Three-voice texture with white notes
Cadences in three-voice texture; other white-note dissonance
Black notes in three-voice texture; imitation and reentries
Paraphrase technique; further studies in canon
Examples of three-voice compositions for analysis
General considerations of four-voice texture; familiar style
Imitation and reentry in four-voice texture; cantus firmus technique
Examples of four-voice compositions for analysis
Aspects of five- and six-voice texture; triple meter
The motet; parody technique
Examples of five- and six-voice compositions for analysis
Eight-voice texture; polychoral style
Examples of eight-voice compositons for analysis
Additional harmonic devices in the late sixteenth century
Extended musica ficta and chromaticism.
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History.
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