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Practical work in writing counterpoint! This volume emphasizes developing analytical and writing skills in the contrapuntal technique of the eighteenth century. The orientation is strongly stylistic, dealing mainly with the polyphony of the late Baroque period. Three aspects are stressed throughout: practical work in writing counterpoint, utilizing various textures, devices, and genre of the period; historical background, to establish the origins of different forms and justify the pedagogical method...
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Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Robert Gauldin, A Practical Approach to 16th-Century Counterpoint (ISBN 9780881338522).
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- PublisherPearson College Div
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0136936156
- ISBN 13 9780136936152
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages250
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