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Teaching Counterpoint, Strict Style – a Really Polyphonic Task
Teaching Counterpoint, Strict Style – a Really Polyphonic Task

Author(s): Sabin Levi
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education, Higher Education
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: polyphony; counterpoint strict style; Fux; polyphonic species; music theory

Summary/Abstract: This study is focused on multifocal approaches to interpreting and teaching counterpoint in strict style. It discusses differing points of view – concerning musical terms, their origin and application, and their presentation within the possible teaching palettes of music scholars and educators – Fux, Cherubini, Jeppesen, Bellermann, Kennan, as well as some Bulgarian counterpoint specialists – Karastoyanov, Hristov.

  • Issue Year: 28/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 177-191
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English