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1	The Study of Counterpoint more books like this by Johann Joseph Fux, Professor Alfred Mann (Translator) add to wishlist The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the great composers, including J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven. Originally written in Latin, this work has been translated in to the principal European ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $10.40! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Counterpoint more books like this by Kent Kennan add to wishlist Designed for courses in beginning and advanced counterpoint, this established text introduces the contrapuntal style of 17th and 18th century music through analysis and writing. While a limited understanding of contrapuntal elements may be gained through analysis alone, these elements are grasped in a more intimate way through the actual writing ... see all copies from $53.00! new only from $53.00! \| SVS
3	Counterpoint more books like this by Walter Piston add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $39.28! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Counterpoint; Based on Eighteenth-Century Practice more books like this by Kent Kennan add to wishlist The author's analysis of contrapuntal music of the 17th and 18th centuries provides a basic foundation of this style. He emphasizes both the techniques and the forms involved. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Counterpoint in Composition: The Study of Voice Leading more books like this by Professor Felix Salzer, Carl Schachter add to wishlist -- Stanley Persky, City University of New York see all copies from $24.00! new only from $56.34! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style more books like this by Peter Schubert add to wishlist Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style introduces the rules for writing and analysing 16th-century music through a wide variety of carefully graded exercises. It begins with species counterpoint - the method used to teach voice-leading and the treatment of consonances and dissonances in contrapuntal composition - with exercises modelled on examples ... see all copies from $12.56! new only from $57.95!
7	A Practical Approach to Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint more books like this by Robert Gauldin add to wishlist see all copies from $17.24! new only from $50.44!
8	Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century more books like this by Knud Jeppesen, Geoffrey Haydon (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.25! first editions
9	Voice Leading for Guitar: Moving Through the Changes more books like this by Thomas John, MD add to wishlist Just knowing how to play a chord is never enough to make good music. Voice leading - moving individual chord voices smoothly from one chord to the next - is an essential skill for jazz guitarists. This book/CD pack by Berklee associate professor of guitar John Thomas shows you how to voice lead both chord tones and tensions, and will help you add ... see all copies from $14.04! new only from $14.04! \| SVS
10	The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint more books like this by Thomas Benjamin, Tom Benjamin, Benjamin Thomas add to wishlist The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint is an introduction and workbook for the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Tonal counterpoint is the basis of all classical music composition; students of music theory and composition are all required to take a course on this topic. Using examples from the music of J.S.Bach - the master of this style - ... see all copies from $47.13! new only from $64.48! \| SVS
11	Counterpoint: Fundamentals of Music Making more books like this by Markand Thakar add to wishlist Counterpoint manuals have long been central to the music education of composers, historians, and theorists. In this book a conductor uses counterpoint exercises to aid musicians in becoming sensitive to the fundamental ingredients of good music making. The author takes the reader step by step through the composition and performance of the ... see all copies from $34.96!
12	Craft of Modal Counterpoint: A Practical Approach more books like this by Thomas Benjamin add to wishlist see all copies from $3.18! first editions
13 view cover	Exercises in elementary counterpoint more books like this by Percy Goetschius add to wishlist see all copies from $3.17! new only from $16.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Double Counterpoint and Canon more books like this by Ebenezer Prout add to wishlist The second edition of Prout's still indispensable work, profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. The study of double counterpoint and of the various forms of imitation is an invaluable and indispensable introduction to the higher branches of composition. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College ... see all copies from $15.99! new only from $15.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Styles of the Sixteenth Century more books like this by Knud Jeppeson add to wishlist First paperback edition of classic introductory text features history of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in 2-, 3- and 4-part counterpoint; canon, motet, Mass, more. Includes many musical examples. see all copies from $7.48! new only from $9.15! \| SVS
16 view cover	Contrapunctus Counterpoint more books like this by Prosdocimo de Beldomandi, Prosdocimo De' Beldomandi, Jan Herlinger (Editor) add to wishlist In the "Contrapunctus" (1412), Prosdocimo surveys the practice of counterpoint and musica ficta, codifying each in six rules. Unlike most of his contemporaries, who were satisfied merely to state their rules, Prosdocimo justified his, making the treatise a primer of the musical aesthetics of his time. see all copies from $12.55! new only from $60.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	A Practical Approach to Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint more books like this by Robert Gauldin add to wishlist see all copies from $20.88! new only from $78.28!
18 view cover	Counterpoint: Strict and Free more books like this by Ebenezer Prout add to wishlist Prout's still indispensable work is profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. Strict Counterpoint is the preliminary technical work for actual musical composition. At the time of original publication, Ebenezer Prout was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $30.73! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Craft of Modal Counterpoint more books like this by Thomas Benjamin add to wishlist The Craft of Modal Counterpoint is the companion book to Benjamin's The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint, recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music. Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, ... see all copies from $31.00! new only from $39.95!
20	Examples of Gregorian Chant & Other Sacred Music of the 16th Century more books like this by Samuel H Scott (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.97! first editions
21	Sixteenth-Century Polyphony: A Basis for the Study of Counterpoint more books like this by Arthur Tillman Merritt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Convertible Counterpoint more books like this by Serge I. Taneiev, Sergeai Ivanovich Taneev, Serge Koussevitzki (Designed by) add to wishlist Serge Ivanovitch Taneiev was a great teacher of composition in Russia, having taught the great Russian composers and influenced scores of other musicians. Names like Serge Rachmaninoff, Leonid Sabaneiev, Lazare Saminsky, Walter Piston, Philip Greely Clapp, Igor Stravinsky, Tchaikofsky, and Serge Koussevitzky, who wrote the Introduction to this ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
23	Contrapuntal Technique in the Sixteenth Century more books like this by Reginald O. Morris add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $62.17! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Art of Counterpoint more books like this by Gioseffo Zarlino, Guy A Marco (Translator), Professor Claude V Palisca (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $16.59! \| SVS
25 view cover	Modal and Tonal Counterpoint: From Josquin to Stravinsky more books like this by Harold Owen add to wishlist see all copies from $60.30! new only from $105.72! \| SVS

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