Counterpoint
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In Counterpoint--for many years one of the most highly regarded texts in the field--the principles by which the contrapuntal element has operated in the works of composers of the eighteenth and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:B0006AR3RC
Release Date:January 1947
Publisher:W. W. Norton
Length:235 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Good
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Not as good as Kennan's. Also the edition and style are really old. Doesn't have the same stature as Piston's Harmony.
The Broader View
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Probably the most inspirational and thought-provoking counterpoint textbook. Walter Piston notes that all music is contrapuntal to some degree. He admonishes students not to make a 'fetish' of counterpoint, and discusses appositely (if tersely) the problem of twentieth-century counterpoint. I recommend this book to all musicians, but I would probably prefer to teach counterpoint with Kent Kennan's textbook.Also recommended: PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns
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