ABSTRACT

Covering modal music from Gregorian chant through the seventeenth-century, The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook combining stylistic composition, theory and analysis, music history, and performance. By supplementing a modified species approach with a wealth of complete musical examples and historical information, this textbook thoroughly joins principle with practice, providing a truly immersive experience in the study of modal counterpoint and familiarizing students with modal repertoire.

chapter 1|16 pages

Modes and Monophony

chapter 2|7 pages

The Single Line

chapter 3|9 pages

Counterpoint During the Middle Ages

chapter 4|13 pages

First Species in Two Voices

chapter 5|8 pages

First Species in Three Voices

chapter 6|21 pages

Counterpoint During the Fourteenth Century

chapter 7|6 pages

Second Species in Two Voices

chapter 8|6 pages

Second Species in Three Voices

chapter 9|30 pages

Counterpoint During the Renaissance

chapter 10|13 pages

Fourth Species in Two Voices

chapter 11|11 pages

Fourth Species in Three Voices

chapter 12|23 pages

Texture, Melody, and Meter

chapter 13|6 pages

Further Aspects of Species Counterpoint

chapter 14|25 pages

The Melodic Line

chapter 15|19 pages

Modal Counterpoint in Two Voices

chapter 16|30 pages

Modal Counterpoint in Three Voices

chapter 17|24 pages

Modal Counterpoint in Four or More Voices