Covering modal music from Gregorian chant through the seventeenth-century, The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook combining stylistic composition, theory and analysis, music history, and performance. By supplementing a modified species approach with a wealth of complete musical examples and historical information, this textbook thoroughly joins principle with practice, providing a truly immersive experience in the study of modal counterpoint and familiarizing students with modal repertoire.

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Follows the pedagogical tradition of stressing writing skills in the manner of Palestrina, that is, modal vocal counterpoint of the Roman sacred school of the sixteenth century. This title focuses on the music that led up to Palestrina's style and the subsequent music that led to the instrumental style of Bach.
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1. Modes and Monophony 2. The Single Line 3. Counterpoint During the Middle Ages 4. First Species in Two Voices 5. First Species in Three Voices 6. Counterpoint During the Fourteenth Century 7. Second Species in Two Voices 8. Second Species in Three Voices 9. Counterpoint During the Renaissance 10. Fourth Species in Two Voices 11. Fourth Species in Three Voices 12. Texture, Melody, and Meter 13. Further Aspects of Species Counterpoint 14. The Melodic Line 15. Modal Counterpoint in Two Voices 16. Modal Counterpoint in Three Voices 17. Modal Counterpoint in Four or More Voices 18. The Rise of Tonality in the Seventeenth-Century

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415878210
Publisert
2010-10-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
770 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
219 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
328

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Florida State University, USA