| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Counterpoint in the style of J.S. Bach. 1986 |
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"Anthology (all works are by J.S. Bach)": pages 296-297 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 295) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750 |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian. |
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Counterpoint -- Textbooks
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Musical analysis -- Music collections.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Counterpoint
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Musical analysis
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Kontrapunkt
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Contraponto.
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Música -- Alemanha.
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Collections
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Textbooks
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Textbooks.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Benjamin, Thomas.
Counterpoint in the style of J.S. Bach
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Works. Selections. 2003
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| LC no. |
2003012527 |
| ISBN |
0203494113 |
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9780203494110 |
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9786610107780 |
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6610107785 |
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