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A Practical Approach to 18th-Century Counterpoint, Revised Edition

By Robert Gauldin

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Waveland Press
Year
2013
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
42 MB (44501042 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
335\354
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2018-01-14 08:57:06
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Description

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.

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