Salzer: Counterpoint In Composition (cloth) - Hardcover

Salzer, F

4.2

55 ratings by Goodreads

9780231070386: Salzer: Counterpoint In Composition (cloth)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231070381 ISBN 13: 9780231070386

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1989

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.