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Species counterpoint generally offers less freedom to the composer than other types of counterpoint and therefore is called a "strict" counterpoint. The student gradually attains the ability to write free counterpoint (that is, less rigorously constrained counterpoint, usually without a cantus firmus) according to the given rules at the time. [17]
Counterpoint (Kontrapunkt in the original German) is the second volume of Heinrich Schenker's New Musical Theories and Fantasies (the first is Harmony and the third is Free Composition). It is divided into two "Books", the first published in 1910, and the second in 1922. The subject matter of the work is species counterpoint.
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"Point/Counterpoint", a parody of the 60 Minutes segment on Saturday Night Live ' s Weekend Update Point Counter Point , a 1928 novel by Aldous Huxley "Point/Counterpoint", a song by Streetlight Manifesto from the album Everything Goes Numb
The second part, on Musica Pratica, is the section of this treatise where the author presents his instruction on counterpoint, fugue, double counterpoint, a brief essay on musical taste, and his ideas on composing sacred music, writing in the a cappella and in the recitativo style. This part is in the form of a dialog, between a master ...
In music, an invention is a short composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) in two-part counterpoint. (Compositions in the same style as an invention but using three-part counterpoint are known as sinfonias. Some modern publishers call them "three-part inventions" to avoid confusion with symphonies.)
The novel's title is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate, [3] and a series of these exchanges tell the story. [5] Instead of a single central plot, there are a number of interlinked story lines and recurring themes (as in musical "counterpoint"). [6]
Free Composition (Der freie Satz) is a treatise by Heinrich Schenker, and possibly Schenker's best known work. The third volume of New Musical Theories and Fantasies (preceded by Harmony and Counterpoint ), it was first published posthumously by Universal Edition in Vienna in 1935.