An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Counterpoint and Palestrina's Musical Style

Download or read book An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Counterpoint and Palestrina's Musical Style written by Robert Stewart and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a music theory text that presents a systematic approach to polyphonic composition in the ecclesiastical style of Palestrina. It is designed for use in beginning and intermediate level courses in modal counterpoint and helps students develop a systematic and reliable method to compare individual composers and stylistic trends of the Renaissance. It contains a comprehensive collection of Palestrina's works as well as selections from Lassus. Tear-out exercises can be used in conjunction with the text.