Counterpoint in Composition - Hardcover

Salzer, Felix; Schachter, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070544972 ISBN 13: 9780070544970

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1969

Synopsis

A reprint (with a short new preface by Schachter) of a 1969 McGraw-Hill book. Although the field of music theory and the teaching of theoretical disciplines have changed significantly in 20 years, this work is still suitable as a text for a combined course in harmony and counterpoint. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Review

This book may become the most important music theory book for the next few generations of theorists, composers and performers.

From the Back Cover

'Counterpoint in Composition' began life not as a book, but as a collection of examples from the literature. Dr. Salzer and Dr. Schachter assembled it to show the connections between the simple procedures of species counterpoint and the complexities of composition, an approach to counterpoint deriving from the work of Heinrich Schenker.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070544972
• ISBN 13: 9780070544970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448