Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #772891 in Books
• Published on: 1995-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

From the Publisher
Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Robert Gauldin, A Practical Approach to 18th-Century Counterpoint (ISBN 9780881338539); and Gustave Fredric Soderlund and Samuel H. Scott, Examples of Gregorian Chant and Sacred Music of the 16th Century (ISBN 9780881339093).

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