Unit 3 - Counterpoint
Readings:
- T. Benjamin, Counterpoint in the Style of J.S. Bach
- Chapters 1-3 for review
- Chapter 5, "Double (Invertible) Counterpoint"
- Chapter 6, "Imitation; Canon"
- Chapter 7, "The Two-Voice Invention"
- Chapter 10, "Fugue I"
- Chapter 11, "Fugue II"
Topics:
- Techniques of analysis
- Contrapuntal principles and techniques
- Invertible Counterpoint
- Developmental techniques
- Two- and three-part invention
- Fugue
Music:
(MS = Music Sources, C = Clendinning/Marvin)
- J.S. Bach:
- Invention #1
- Invention #3 (MS 441)
- Invention #4 (C 33)
- Invention #7 (MS 443)
- Invention #8 (C 35)
- Invention #15 (MS 444)
- Fugue #1 in C Major, WTC 1
- Fugue #2 in C Minor, WTC 1 (C 57)
- Fugue #8 in D# Minor, WTC 1 (C 63)
- Fugue #11 in F Major, WTC 1
- Fugue #16 in G Minor, WTC 1 (C 65)
- Fugue #21 in Bb Major, WTC 1 (MS 449)
- G.F. Handel:
- "And With His Stripes," from Messiah (MS 452)
- "And With His Stripes," from Messiah (MS 452)
- P. Hindemith:
- Fuga Prima in C, from Ludus Tonalis
- Fuga Nona in Bb, from Ludus Tonalis (MS 460)
- W.A. Mozart:
- Kyrie, from Requiem, K. 626 (C 329)
- String Quartet, K. 173, IV (MS 457)
- I. Stravinsky:
- Symphony of Psalms, II
Assignments: To be announced in class.
Final Exam: Monday, December 16, TBA