Teaching counterpoint, strict style – a really polyphonic task

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Pages: 177-191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/WYHR1358

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.

Keywords:

polyphony; counterpoint strict style; Fux; polyphonic species; music theory

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