C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Introduction (Ch. 1-3)
2.	Two-Voice Analysis & Writing (Ch. 4-8)
3.	Imitation & Canon (Ch. 9-10)
4.	Three-Voice Analysis & Writing (Ch. 11-14)
5.	Fugue (Ch. 17 & Ch. 20)
	Project Workshops

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Quotable

	In its mathematical intricacy, formality, symmetry, and variety, the fugue holds the interest of composers, performers, and listeners of Western art music in much the same way as the sonnet engages English-language poets and their readers.
	– Mark DeVoto

Course Description

Analysis and writing in the contrapuntal forms with emphasis on the style of J.S. Bach.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate tonal harmony and voice leading

Required Textbook

Robert Gauldin, A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2013/1995). {Table of Contents}

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
• Reading & Assessment Schedule (pdf) 
• Daily Schedule (pdf)
• Links for Students
2. Listening/Analysis
3. Digital Anthology
   
4. Projects
• Fugue Analysis Project – Due: Fri., Dec. 8, 11:59 pm
• Guidelines (pdf)
• Proposal (pdf) – Due: Fri., Dec. 1, 11:59 pm
• Writing Project – Due: Wed., Dec. 13, 11:59 pm
• Guidelines (pdf)
• Proposal (pdf) – Due: Mon., Dec. 4, 11:59 pm
5. Study Guides
• Exam 1 (pdf)
• Exam 2 (pdf)
6. Terms & Concepts
• Fugue
7. Activities & Special Topics
• The Rule of the Octave
• Species Counterpoint
• Bach and Friends
  
• Visualizing Baroque Music
• Gould meets Gould
• Gödel, Escher, Bach
• The Swingle Singers
• Bach's Numbers
• Bach's Compositional Pedagogy
• Animating Fugue
• Bach & Fractals
8. Bibliography

1. Algomus {Algomus.fr}
• Computational Analysis of Bach Fugues
2. Alvira, Teoria
• Inventions, BWV 772-786 by Johann Sebastian Bach {Teoria}
• The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1087 {Teoria}
3. Bruhn, J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: In-depth Analysis and Interpretation {Edition Gorz}
4. Byros, PoetryOfTone {YouTube Channel}
• Fundamentals of Baroque Counterpoint: Clausulas and Cadences: Part 1 {YouTube}
5. Christiansen, "48 Jewels" {Earsense} (Bruhn 1993)
6. Dahn, The Four-Part Chorales of J.S. Bach {Bach-chorales.com}
7. Du Sautoy, Music & Mathematics: Baroque & Beyond (Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra) {YouTube}
8. Edwards, Puzzle Canon {PuzzleCanon.com}
9. Gjerdingen
• Child Composers {YouTube Playlist} (Gjerdingen 2020)
• Monuments of Partimenti {Partimenti.org}
• The World of Partimenti {YouTube}
• The Galant Style {GB; Ebook Central} (Gjerdingen 2007)
10. Gotham et al., Open Music Theory (Gotham et al. 2020)
• II. Counterpoint and Galant Schemas {OMT2}
  
11. Ishizaka
• Open Goldberg
  
• Open WTC
• The Art of the Fugue {Bandcamp}
12. Kerman, The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-1750 {Open JSTOR; Luminos} (Kerman 2015)
13. Lawrence, Bach and Friends (Lawrence 2010)
14. Malinowski, Music Animation Machine {YouTube Channel}
• BACH
• Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 ("The Wedge") {YouTube @ 6:28}
  
• Musical Offering, BWV 1079, Canon a 2, Cancrizans {YouTube}
• FROBERGER, Suite in E minor, FbWV 627, Allemande {YouTube}
• HANDEL, Water Music, Suite in F major, HWV 348, 7. Bourrée {YouTube}
• PURCELL, Fantasia Upon One Note, Z 745 {YouTube}
• SCARLATTI, Sonata in D Major, K. 119 {YouTube}
• VIVALDI, The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315, "Summer" {YouTube}
15. Netherlands Bach Society, All of Bach {Website; YouTube Channel}
16. Remeš
• Go Figure! Thoroughbass and Composition {YouTube Channel}
  
• Introduction: Realizing Thoroughbass Chorales in the Circle of J. S. Bach {YouTube}
• Thoroughbass for Beginners 1-13 – J. C. Kellner's Treatise {YouTube Playlist}
17. Rotem, Early Music Sources (EMS) {Website; YouTube Channel}
• The Rule of the Octave {EMS; YouTube}
18. Smith, The Canons and Fugues of J.S. Bach
• Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier – See the Digital Bach archive {YouTube Channel}
19. Thomas
• Analysis of Motivic Development: Bach's Invention No. 1 in C Major {YouTube}
• Fugue Analysis: Bach Fugue in G Minor, WTC I {YouTube}

1. FindIt @ USC
   
• USC Library Guides
2. WorldCat
3. Dictionaries: Harvard Dictionary | Grove/Oxford
4. Articles: JSTOR
5. E-books: Ebook Central | EBSCOhost | Hathi Trust
   
6. Scores: CPDL; IMSLP; See also: Alexander Street
   
7. Recordings: Naxos | Spotify | YouTube

Main References

_____________. 2004. “An Introduction to Species Counterpoint,” in Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, 2nd ed. New York: Norton, pp. A14-25.

Kennan, Kent. 1998. Counterpoint, 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. {GB}

Schubert, Peter and Christoph Neidhöfer. 2023/2006. Baroque Counterpoint. Expanded Edition. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York Press. {GB; 1/e: GB}