Thomas Benjamin

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music.
Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, offers a complete analysis of this important musical style. He begins by covering general aspects of the style, then covers in detail two, three, and four-part counterpoint. The Motet, an important form of vocal composition in this period, is studied separately. The book concludes with a brief anthology of key scores, 15 in all, for the student to study further. Also includes 132 musical examples.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135874384
• Artikelnr.: 42725255

Autorenporträt

Thomas Benjamin

Inhaltsangabe

1. General Stylistic Aspects Texture Text Setting Notation and Performance
Practice Rhythm and Meter Note Values Rests Dots and Ties Harmony General
Observations Accidentals (Musica ficta) Cadences Chords Melody General
Observations Intervals and Treatment of Leaps Other Aspects of Melody
Typical Quarter-Note Idioms 2. Two-Voice Counterpoint General Observations
Rhythm Texture Phrase and Form Motivic (Thematic) Organization Technical
Details Motion Relationships Intervallic Relationships Cadential Idioms
Comments on Two-Voice Composition Imitation in Two-Voice Texture General
Observations Invertible Counterpoint at the Octave Invertible Counterpoint
at the Twelfth 3. Three-Voice Counterpoint General Observations Texture and
Rhythm Harmony Dissonance Treatment Cadential Idioms Imitation Comments on
Imitation Comments on Three-Voice Composition 4. Counterpoint in Four
Voices 5. The Motet General Observations Imitation Comments on Motet
Writing Suggestions for Further Study Appendix: An Anthology of Complete
Works Bibliography Discography Index