A Practical Approach to Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint |
 enlarge | Author: Robert Gauldin
Publisher: Waveland Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 312
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0881338524
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780881338522
ASIN: 0881338524
Publication Date: March 1995
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Practical work in writing counterpoint! Robert Gauldin emphasizes the acquisition of writing skills in the contrapuntal discipline and the simulation of sixteenth-century sacred polyphonic idioms in this volume. The author follows a didactic method of a non-species or direct approach. While no previous contrapuntal training is necessary to absorb this material, some acquaintance with Baroque polyphonic terminology proves helpful. Key features include: musical examples illustrating specific devices are taken from musical literature or composed by the author; demonstrates the possibility of employing a single given pitch series within the contexts of different compositional techniques; includes a collection of complete or excerpted movements drawn from musical literature at the conclusion of each major textual division; emphasizes Palestrina and the Counter-Reformation sacred style; discusses various compositional procedures of the late Renaissance, including paraphrase, cantus firmus, familiar style, parody, polychoral technique, and chromaticism.
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It's really good! September 27, 2007
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I am in college and needed the book as soon as possible. The shipment was fast and the book is really helpful. It not only explains the topic but gives examples and assignments to do.
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