Craft of tonal counterpoint, The
Counterpoint Musical analysis MUSIC Bach, Johann Sebastian, Collections Criticism, interpretation, etc Textbooks
Routledge
2003
2nd ed.
EISBN 9780203494110
Line and other elements of style.
Nonimitative two-voice writing.
Chromaticism in two voices.
Composition of binary dance forms.
Double (invertible) counterpoint.
Imitation, canon.
The two-voice invention.
Three-voice counterpoint I : texture, rhythm, harmony.
Three-voice counterpoint II : chromaticism, triple counterpoint, canon.
Fugue I.
Fugue II.
Four-voice counterpoint.
Variation forms.
Cantus firmus procedure : the chorale prelude.
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-cla.
Nonimitative two-voice writing.
Chromaticism in two voices.
Composition of binary dance forms.
Double (invertible) counterpoint.
Imitation, canon.
The two-voice invention.
Three-voice counterpoint I : texture, rhythm, harmony.
Three-voice counterpoint II : chromaticism, triple counterpoint, canon.
Fugue I.
Fugue II.
Four-voice counterpoint.
Variation forms.
Cantus firmus procedure : the chorale prelude.
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-cla.
