Robert Stewart

An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Counterpoint and Palestrina's Musical Style (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a music theory text that presents a systematic approach to polyphonic composition in the ecclesiastical style of Palestrina. It is designed for use in beginning and intermediate level courses in modal counterpoint and helps students develop a systematic and reliable method to compare individual composers and stylistic trends of the Renaissance. It contains a comprehensive collection of Palestrina's works as well as selections from Lassus. Tear-out exercises can be used in conjunction with the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1994
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461722946
• Artikelnr.: 40020645

Autorenporträt

Robert Stewart was born and grew up in the north of the UK. These days he lives in a forest.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1. Basic Materials and
Melodic Writing Chapter 4 2. Counterpoint in Two Parts Chapter 5 3.
Counterpoint in Three Parts Chapter 6 4. Counterpoint in Four and Five
Parts Part 7 Appendix A Part 8 Appendix B Part 9 Selected Bibliography Part
10 Index