Counterpoint

Name: Counterpoint
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ISBN: 9780393097283

ISBN-10: 0393097285

ISBN-13: 9780393097283

Edition: 1947

Authors: Walter Piston

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The art of counterpoint is the art of combining melodic lines. The essence of counterpoint, however, is something deeper than a process of manipulation. It is an ingredient of the inner vitality of music and is found in nearly all music. It is to an understanding of counterpoint as such that this book is directed. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $36.60
Copyright year: 1947
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/1947
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.96" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Walter Piston was Professor of Music at Harvard University. An outstanding composer whose many works have been performed by leading orchestras and chamber ensembles both in the US and abroad, he received the Pulitzer Prize twice for distinguished musical composition.



Introduction



The Melodic Curve



Melodic Rhythm



The Harmonic Basis



Harmonic Rhythm



Two-Part Counterpoint



Motive Structure



Three-Part Counterpoint



Counterpoint in More than Three Parts



Invertible counterpoint



Canon in two Parts



Other Types of Canon


Conclusion


Index