Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century
Jeppesen Knud
With a new foreword by Alfred Mann.
Page Count: 320
Edizioni:Dover

First paperback edition of classic introductory text by world-renowned musicologist and authority on Palestrina. Features history of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in 2-, 3- and 4-part counterpoint; canon, motet, Mass, more. Includes many musical examples.

This classic introductory text focuses on the polyphonic vocal style perfected by
Palestrina. Unlike many other texts, it maintains a careful balance between theoretical
and practical problems, between historical and systematic methodology. The result is
an exceptionally useful resource, ideal for classroom use in teaching moda! counter-
point.

In Part One, Knud Jeppesen (1892-1974), the world-renowned musicologist and
leading authority on Palestrina, offers a superb outline history of contrapuntal theory.
He begins by exploring the beginnings of contrapuntal theory from the ninth to the
fourteenth centuries. This is followed by separate discussions of each succeeding
century, the styles of Palestrina and Bach, the “Palestrina Movement” after Fux and
more. The section ends with illuminating coverage of notation, the ecclesiastica!
modes, melody and harmony

The second part of the book contains an extended treatment of “species” counterpoint
in two, three and four parts, as well as counterpoint in more than four parts, and
specific discussions of the canon, the motet and the Mass. Throughout, the text is
generously supplied with musical examples—exercises, solutions and illustrations,
including many by the great composers. For this edition, the distinguished scholar
Alfred Mann has contributed a new foreword to Jeppesen’s classic study. Now
available in paperback for the first time, it will be welcomed by musicians, composers,
theorists, musicologists—any student of counterpoint and the Western musical
tradition.

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