C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Introduction (Ch. 1-3)
	Two-Voice Analysis & Writing (Ch. 4-8)
3.	Imitation & Canon (Ch. 9-10)
4.	Three-Voice Analysis & Writing (Ch. 11-14)
5.	Fugue (Ch. 17-18 & 20)
6.	Special Topics

News

Wed., Sept 27: Two-Reprise Form; Further Rhythmic Diminution

Exam 1 will take place in class on Wed., Oct. 4. A study guide is available below.

Reading

Ch. 8 Further Diminution Techniques in Two-Voice Texture

Assignments/Activities

See Blackboard

Quotable

	...I asked [Ravel] why he was still studying counterpoint. 'One must clean the house from time to time; I often do it that way,' he replied.
	– Nadia Boulanger

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)
2. Listening/Analysis
3. Exam Study Guide
• Exam 1 – Wed., Oct. 4 (pdf)
4. Terms & Concepts
• The Rule of the Octave
• Species Counterpoint
• Two-Voice Reduction
  
5. Bibliography

1. Algomus {Algomus.fr}
• Computational Analysis of Bach Fugues
2. Byros, PoetryOfTone {YouTube Channel}
3. Dahn, The Four-Part Chorales of J.S. Bach {Bach-chorales.com}
4. Edwards, Puzzle Canon
5. 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)
6. Gran, Counterpoint Tutorials {YouTube Channel}
7. Gotham et al., Open Music Theory, II. Counterpoint and Galant Schemas {OMT2} (Gotham et al. 2020)
   
8. Hansen, Counterpoint {HansenMedia.net}
9. Hogan, The Nikhil Hogan Show {Listen Notes}
• What is Partimento? {YouTube}
10. Ishizaka
• Open Goldberg
  
• Open WTC
• The Art of Fugue {Bandcamp}
11. Kerman, The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-1750 {Open JSTOR; Luminos} (Kerman 2015)
12. Lawrence, Bach and Friends (Lawrence 2010)
13. 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}
• SCARLATTI, Sonata in D Major, K. 119 {YouTube}
• VIVALDI, The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315, "Summer" {YouTube}
14. Thomas
• Analysis of Motivic Development: Bach's Invention No. 1 in C Major {YouTube}
• Fugue Analysis: Bach Fugue in G Minor, WTC I {YouTube}
15. Remeš
• Historical Improvisation and Music Theory {Author's Website}
• Go Figure! Theory and Practice of Thoroughbass {YouTube Channel; Website}
• How to Realize a Thoroughbass Chorale {YouTube}
• Introduction: Realizing Thoroughbass Chorales in the Circle of J. S. Bach {YouTube}
16. Rotem, Early Music Sources (EMS) {Website; YouTube Channel}
• The Rule of the Octave {EMS; YouTube}
17. Smith, The Canons and Fugues of J.S. Bach
• Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier – See Digital Bach archive {YouTube Channel}

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

Gauldin, Robert. A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2013/1995). {GB1; GB2}

_____________. 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}