Counterpoint
Subtitle: based on eighteenth-century practice
By: Kent Kennan.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780130807465
Subjects: Counterpoint -- History -- 18th century
Description: This fourth edition of the leading text in the field retains the overall organization of the third, which appeared some twelve years ago. Analysis of contrapuntal music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries provides a basic foundation for writing in this style. - Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The single melodic line; title: Principles of two-voice counterpoint; title: Two-voice exercises, 1:1, 2:1; title: Chromaticism (two voices); title: Two-voice exercises (concluded); title: Writing of short two-voice pieces; title: Canon; title: Invertible counterpoint; title: The two-part invention : motive development; title: Three-voice counterpoint; title: Writing of short pieces, three voices; title: Imitation in three voices; title: The three-part invention : the trio sonata; title: Fugue; title: Fugue (continued); title: Fugue (concluded); title: Forms based on the chorale; title: Contrapuntal variation forms; title: Selected bibliography