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A Practical Approach to Eighteenth Century Counterpoint - Hardcover

Gouldin, Robert

 
9780136936152: A Practical Approach to Eighteenth Century Counterpoint

Synopsis

Practical work in writing counterpoint! This volume emphasizes developing ytical and writing s 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 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; ysis 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 ociated with two, three, and four voices.

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