Practical Approach to 18th-Century Counterpoint

Name: Practical Approach to 18th-Century Counterpoint
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ISBN: 9781478604709

ISBN-10: 1478604700

ISBN-13: 9781478604709

Edition: Revised

Authors: Robert Gauldin

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This volume emphasizes developing analytical and writing skills in the contrapuntal technique of the eighteenth century. The orientation is strongly stylistic, dealing mainly with the polyphony of the late Baroque period. Three aspects are stressed throughout: practical work in writing counterpoint, utilizing various textures, devices, and genre of the period; historical background, to establish the origins of different forms and justify the pedagogical method employed here; analysis of selections from music literature, often in voice-leading reductions. After an opening chapter that reviews some general features of the late Baroque period, there is a brief survey of melodic…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 335
Size: 6.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English