The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint

ISBN-13: 9781138453319 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Thomas Benjamin

Opis

An introduction and workbook for the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Using examples from J.S.Bach, the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that stress analysis and writing. The exercises cover a range of formats, including error detection, liner pitch reduction, analysis and composition.

Spis treści

Chapter 01 Line and Other Elements of Style; Chapter 02 Nonimitative Two-Voice Writing; Chapter 03 Chromaticism in Two Voices; Chapter 04 Composition of Binary Dance Forms; Chapter 05 Double (Invertible) Counterpoint; Chapter 06 Imitation; Canon; Chapter 07 The Two-Voice Invention; Chapter 08 Three-Voice Counterpoint I: Texture, Rhythm, Harmony; Chapter 09 Three-Voice Counterpoint II: Chromaticism, Triple Counterpoint, Canon; Chapter 10 Fugue I; Chapter 11 Fugue II; Chapter 12 Four-Voice Counterpoint; Chapter 13 Variation Forms; Chapter 14 Cantus Firmus Procedure: The Chorale Prelude; Chapter 15 Conclusion;

O autorze

Thomas Benjamin