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Counterpoint in Composition The Study of Voice Leading

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ISBN-10: 023107039X

ISBN-13: 9780231070393

Edition: 1989

Authors: Felix Salzer, Carl Schachter

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Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/20/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 477
Size: 10.00" wide x 6.73" long x 1.23" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

The late Felix Salzer was a Professor at Queens College, City University of New York, and the author of Structural Hearing. Carl Schachter is a Professor at Queens College and at the Mannes School of Music and is the author of many essays on music theory.

Introduction
The Techniques of Elementary Counterpoint
Cantus Firmus and First Species
Cantus Firmus
Two-part Counterpoint, First Species
Three-part Counterpoint, First Species
Second Species
Two-part Counterpoint
Three-point Counterpoint
Third Species
Two-part Counterpoint
Three-part Counterpoint
Three Notes against One
Fourth Species
Two-part Counterpoint
Three-part Counterpoint
Fifth Species
Two-part Counterpoint
Three-part Counterpoint
The Techniques of Prolonged Counterpoint
Counterpoint in Composition, I
The Direct Application of Species Counterpoint
Two Major Influences on Contrapuntal Texture
Counterpoint in Composition, II
Melodic-contrapuntal Prolongations
Counterpoint within Prolonged Chords
The Evolution of Dissonance
Repetition and Articulation
Harmonic Influences on Voice Leading
Chromaticism; Contrapuntal Leading-tone Chords
Octaves and Fifths
The Chorale
The Elements of Chorale Writing
Setting a Single Phrase
Setting Groups of Two or More Phrases
The Complete Chorale
Combined Species
Combination of Two Second Species
Combination of Second and Third Species
Combination of Second and Fourth Species
Combination of Third and Fourth Species
Combination of Two Fifth Species
Progressions from Combined Species in Composition
Voice-Leading Techniques in Historical Perspective (ca. 1450-ca. 1900)