The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-94391-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 1075 g

First Published in 2003. The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint is an introductory text to the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Using examples from the music of J.S. Bach - the master of this style - the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that stress both analysis and writing. Benjamin covers chromaticism and fugal writing in exceptional detail. The exercises cover a wide range of formats, including error detection, linear pitch reduction, analysis and composition. The book also incorporates a 100-page anthology of scores, effective for analysis, in-class performance, and compositional models.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benjamin, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassik (ca. 1750-1830)
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 01 Line and Other Elements of Style; Chapter 02 Nonimitative Two-Voice Writing; Chapter 03 Chromaticism in Two Voices; Chapter 04 Composition of Binary Dance Forms; Chapter 05 Double (Invertible) Counterpoint; Chapter 06 Imitation; Canon; Chapter 07 The Two-Voice Invention; Chapter 08 Three-Voice Counterpoint I: Texture, Rhythm, Harmony; Chapter 09 Three-Voice Counterpoint II: Chromaticism, Triple Counterpoint, Canon; Chapter 10 Fugue I; Chapter 11 Fugue II; Chapter 12 Four-Voice Counterpoint; Chapter 13 Variation Forms; Chapter 14 Cantus Firmus Procedure: The Chorale Prelude; Chapter 15 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Benjamin