Counterpoint The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century

by Jeppesen, Knud

• ISBN13: 9780486270364
• ISBN10: 048627036X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-03-27
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

First paperback edition of classic introductory text by world-renowned musicologist, authority on Palestrina. History of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in two-, three- and four-part counterpoint; canon, motet, Mass, more. Many musical examples. New foreword by Alfred Mann. Introduction.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction to the English Translation
Preface
Preliminaries
Outline History of Contrapuntal Theory	p. 3
Counterpoint and Harmony Contrasted	p. 3
The Ninth to the Fourteenth Centuries: The Beginnings of Contrapuntal Theory	p. 4
The Fifteenth Century: Crystallization of Principles	p. 8
The Sixteenth Century: The Style of Palestrina	p. 13
The Seventeenth Century: Some Pedagogical Developments	p. 30
The Eighteenth Century: The Style of Bach	p. 38
The Nineteenth Century: Palestrina or Bach?	p. 48
The "Palestrina Movement" after Fux	p. 52
Technical Features	p. 54
Notation	p. 54
The Ecclesiastical Modes	p. 59
Melody	p. 83
Harmony	p. 97
Contrapuntal Exercises
Introduction	p. 107
Two-Part Counterpoint	p. 109
First Species	p. 109
Second Species	p. 114
Third Species	p. 119
Fourth Species	p. 130
Fifth Species	p. 135
Free Two-Part Counterpoint	p. 152
Imitation	p. 163
Three-Part Counterpoint	p. 175
First Species	p. 175
Second Species	p. 178
Third Species	p. 180
Fourth Species	p. 188
Fifth Species	p. 193
Imitation	p. 198
Four-Part Counterpoint	p. 203
First Species	p. 203
Second Species	p. 204
Third Species	p. 205
Fourth Species	p. 208
Fifth Species	p. 212
Imitation	p. 216
Counterpoint in More Than Four Parts	p. 219
The Canon	p. 234
The Motet	p. 241
The Mass	p. 251
Appendix: The Vocal Fugue	p. 265
Appendix: Double, Triple, and Quadruple Counterpoint	p. 280
Appendix: Summary of the Most Important Contrapuntal Laws and Rules	p. 286
Melody	p. 286
Consonant Combinations	p. 287
Dissonant Combinations	p. 289
Index	p. 293
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