The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint

ISBN-13: 9780415878210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 328 str.

Douglass Green;Evan Jones;¬Abar

Opis

The Principle and Practice of Modal Counterpoint follows the pedagogical tradition of stressing writing skills in the manner of Palestrina, i.e. modal vocal counterpoint of the Roman sacred school of the sixteenth century. Rather than using the direct approach to counterpoint, this textbook uses the species approach. This textbook pays attention to the music that led up to Palestrina's style and the subsequent music that led to the instrumental style of Bach. Stress is placed on the basic principles of contrapuntal music throughout the history of western music and how they are put into practice in various styles. Each chapter includes a number of exercises that helps the student assimilate the material of the chapter.

Spis treści

1. Modes and Monophony  2. The Single Line  3. Counterpoint During the Middle Ages  4. First Species in Two Voices  5. First Species in Three Voices  6. Counterpoint During the Fourteenth Century  7. Second Species in Two Voices  8. Second Species in Three Voices  9. Counterpoint During the Renaissance  10. Fourth Species in Two Voices  11. Fourth Species in Three Voices  12. Texture, Melody, and Meter  13. Further Aspects of Species Counterpoint  14. The Melodic Line  15. Modal Counterpoint in Two Voices  16. Modal Counterpoint in Three Voices  17. Modal Counterpoint in Four or More Voices  18. The Rise of Tonality in the Seventeenth-Century

O autorze

Green, Douglass; Jones, Evan