The craft of tonal counterpoint /

Benjamin, Thomas.

The craft of tonal counterpoint / Thomas Benjamin. - 2nd ed. - New York : Routledge, 2003. - xxiv, 404 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Counterpoint in the style of J.S. Bach. 1986. "Anthology (all works are by J.S. Bach)": p. 296-297.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295) and index.

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.

0415943914 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2003012527


Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 --Criticism and interpretation.


Counterpoint--Textbooks.
Musical analysis--Music collections.

MT55 / .B446 2003

781.286 BEN