Counterpoint The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century

Name: Counterpoint The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century
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ISBN: 9780486270364

ISBN-10: 048627036X

ISBN-13: 9780486270364

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Knud Jeppesen

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Description:

First paperback edition of classic introductory text by world-renowned musicologist and authority on Palestrina. Features history of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in 2-, 3- and 4-part counterpoint; canon, motet, Mass, more. Includes many musical examples. New foreword by Alfred Mann. Introduction.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/27/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction to the English Translation


Preface



Preliminaries



Outline History of Contrapuntal Theory


Counterpoint and Harmony Contrasted


The Ninth to the Fourteenth Centuries: The Beginnings of Contrapuntal Theory


The Fifteenth Century: Crystallization of Principles


The Sixteenth Century: The Style of Palestrina


The Seventeenth Century: Some Pedagogical Developments


The Eighteenth Century: The Style of Bach


The Nineteenth Century: Palestrina or Bach?


The "Palestrina Movement" after Fux



Technical Features


Notation


The Ecclesiastical Modes


Melody


Harmony



Contrapuntal Exercises


Introduction



Two-Part Counterpoint


First Species


Second Species


Third Species


Fourth Species


Fifth Species


Free Two-Part Counterpoint


Imitation



Three-Part Counterpoint


First Species


Second Species


Third Species


Fourth Species


Fifth Species


Imitation



Four-Part Counterpoint


First Species


Second Species


Third Species


Fourth Species


Fifth Species


Imitation



Counterpoint in More Than Four Parts



The Canon



The Motet



The Mass


Appendix: The Vocal Fugue


Appendix: Double, Triple, and Quadruple Counterpoint


Appendix: Summary of the Most Important Contrapuntal Laws and Rules


Melody


Consonant Combinations


Dissonant Combinations


Index