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A practical approach to 18th century counterpoint
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Practical approach to eighteenth-century counterpoint
Title
A practical approach to 18th century counterpoint / Robert Gauldin.
ISBN
1478604700
9781478604709
Edition
Rev. ed.
Published
Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xv, 335 p. : music ; 23 cm
Variant and related titles
18th-century counterpoint
Practical approach to eighteenth-century counterpoint
Eighteenth-century counterpoint
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 19, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction
Melody
General characteristics of counterpoint ; pedagogical foundations
Two-voice note-against-note counterpoint
Simple diminution ;2:1 elaboration of the counterpointing voice
Further rhythmic diminution ; two voice choral preludes
Free counterpoint ; simple two-reprise form
Further diminution techniques in two-voice texture
Real imitation and double counterpoint
The two-part canon and invention
Introduction to three-voice texture ; note against-note and simple diminution
Further rhythmic diminution ; three-voice chorale preludes
Chromaticism
Free counterpoint in three voices ; extended two-reprise forms
Tonal imitation ; further studies in invertible counterpoint
Additional contrapuntal devices ; further study of canon
The three-voice fugue
Introduction to four-voice texture ; further study in chorale prelude
Variations
Further studies in fugue
Choral writing
The pedagogical foundations of counterpoint in the classical period
Examples of counterpoint in the classical period
Appendix : Characteristics of dance movements.
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