A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint - Softcover

Gauldin, Robert

 
9781478604709: A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint

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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.--Provided by publisher

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ISBN 10:  0881338532 ISBN 13:  9780881338539
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 1995
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