The companion book to Benjamin's recently republished "Craft of Tonal Counterpoint", this entirely rewritten second edition provides a complete analysis of modal counterpoint - the important musical style that forms the basis of all early music.
contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 General Stylistic Aspects
Texture
Text Setting
Notation and Performance Practice
Rhythm and Meter
Note Values
Rests
Dots and Ties
Harmony
General Observations
Accidentals (Musica Ficta)
Cadences
Chords :
Melody
General Observations
Intervals and Treatment of Leaps
Other Aspects of Melody
Typical Quarter-Note Idioms
Chapter 2 Two- Voice Counterpoint
General Observations
Rhythm
Texture
Phrase and Form
Motivic (Thematic) Organization
Technical Details
Motion Relationships
Intervallic Relationships
Cadential Idioms
Comments on Two-Voice Composition
Imitation in Two- Voice Texture
General Observations
Invertible Counterpoint at the Octave
Invertible Counterpoint at the Twelfth
Chapter 3 Three- Voice Counterpoint
General Observations
Texture and Rhythm
Harmony
Dissonance Treatment
Cadential Idioms
Imitation
Comments on Imitation
Comments on Three- Voice Composition
Chapter 4 Counterpoint in Four Voices
Chapter 5 The Motet
General Observations
Imitation
Comments on Motet Writing
Suggestions for Further Study
Appendix: An Anthology of Complete Works
Bibliography
Discography
Index
