Modal and tonal counterpoint :
from Josquin to Stravinsky /
Harold Owen.

Description

Main Author

Owen, Harold, 1931-

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Schirmer Books ; ©1992.

Subjects

Tonaliteit.
Modaliteit.
Contrapunt.
Counterpoint.
Contrepoint > Contrepoint / Histoire.
Contrepoint.
Counterpoint > Counterpoint / History.
Counterpoint.
History.

Summary

This is a comprehensive study of the development of counterpoint form the sixteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century. Deriving the rules of counterpoint from the music itself, each chapter begins with a complete musical example followed by questions for class discussion. Chapter observations and subsequent musical examples amplify the concepts discoverd through individual analysis. --book cover.

Physical Description

x, 389 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

ISBN

9780028721453
0028721454

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