BAIN MUSC 529
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
Terms & Concepts
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Textbook
Robert
Gauldin, A
Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint.
(Gauldin 2013/1995)
- Cadence
{BA;
HD}
- Cadential
formulas (PAC, IAC, HC; PC, DC), pp. 13-15
- Picardy
third {HD},
p. 8
- Canon
{BA;
HD}
- Dux/Comes (Lat.,
'Leader/Follower') {Grove}
- Puzzle canon
- Signum
congruentiae (Lat., 'sign of congruence') {HD},
or Presa
(It.) {Grove}
- Chorale {BA; Grove}
- Chorale
tune
- Chorale harmonization
- Chorale
prelude {BA; Grove}
(a 2: pp. 75-83; a 3: 144-153; a 4: 234-239)
- Continuo
(It.) {BA;
Grove}
- Counterpoint
{BA},
pp. 33-34
- Species
Counterpoint{Grove},
pp. 290-296
See also: Gauldin 2004,
Appendix A
- Cantus
firmus (Lat.), p. 41 {HD}
- Consonance
and dissonance {BA}
- Relative
voice motions, pp. 33-34
- Voice
crossing,
p. 35
- Contrapuntal
devices
- Imitation
{HD}
- Inversion
{HD}
- Augmentation
and diminution {HD}
- Invertible
counterpoint {HD}
- Sequence
(see below)
- Development
{HD}
- Figured
bass, see Thoroughbass
- Fugue
{BA;
Grove}
- Fugato,
pp. 299-301
- Double
fugue
- Triple
fugue
- Ground
bass {HD}
- Historically informed performance {WP}
- Harmony
{BA}
- Functional
harmony, pp. 10-11
- Altered
chords, pp. 11-12
- Melodic motion, pp. 33-34
- Parallel
- Similar
- Contrary
- Oblique
- Voice crossing, p. 35
- Melody
{BA},
see Ch. 2
- Theme
{Grove}
- Motive,
motif {HD}
- Motivic
development, p. 26
- Repetition
- Sequence (seq.) {HD;
Grove}
- Restatement in a different key
- Melodic mirror (inv.)
- Rhythmic alteration (aug., dim., etc.)
- Fragmentation
{WP}
- Fortspinnung
(Ger., 'spinning out'), p. 26
- Auto-generative
melody, p. 27
- Compound
melody, pp. 28-29
- Non-harmonic tone, pp. 61-63
- Pasing tone (PT)
- Neighbor tone (NT)
- Suspension
(SUS)
- Incomplete
neighbor (IN)
- Anticipation
(ANT)
- Retardation
(RET)
- Other
- Appogiatura
(APP)
- Cambiata
(CAMB)
- Double
neighbor (DN)
- Leaping
tone (L)
- Modulation,
pp. 12-13
- Closely-related
key, p. 12
- Pivot
chord modulation
- Direct
modudation
- Distant
key
- Partimento
(It.) {Grove}
- Prelude
{BA}
- Figuration
prelude, pp. 102-105
- Phrase
{HD}
- Rule
of the Octave {HD;
Grove;
Partimenti.org},
pp. 9-10
- Schema
theory
- Sequence
- Sequential
patterns, pp. 15-18
- Texture
{HD}
- Monophony
{HD}
- Homophony
{HD}
- Polyphony
{BA;
HD}
- Heterophony
{HD}
- Thoroughbass
{HD;
Grove),
pp. 4-7
- Two-reprise
form, pp. 85-91
- Variation
{HD}
- Vorimitation (Ger.,
'prior imitation') {Grove}
See also: BAIN
MUSC 726 Terms & Concepts
Compositional
Procedures, Forms, Genres, Movements, etc.
- Aria
{BA}
- Chaconne
{BA}
- Chorale
(see above)
- Dances
movements, pp. 310-312
- Invention
{BA}
- Fugue
(see above)
- Hymn
{BA}
- Partita
{HD}
- Passacaglia
{BA}
- Passion
{BA}
- Prelude
(see above)
- Motet
{BA}
- Oratorio
{BA}
- Overture
{BA}
- Recitative
{BA}
- Sinfonia
{BA}
- Suite
{BA}
- Toccata
{BA}
- Variation
form {BA;
HD}
(Gauldin,
Ch. 19)
Links
Britannica Academic (BA), Encyclopedia
Britannica – https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate
Grove
Music Online (Grove)
– https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic
Harvard
Dictionary of Music (HD)
– https://corp.credoreference.com/component/booktracker/edition/252.html (Randel
2003)
Open
Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2) – https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/ (Gotham
et al. 2020)
The
New Penguin Dictionary of Music (NP)
– https://corp.credoreference.com/component/booktracker/edition/390.html (Griffiths
2006)
Wikipedia:
The Free Encyclopedia (WP)
– https://www.wikipedia.org
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. {GB}
_____________. 1993. "Fux to Bach: Bridging the Gap." Indiana
Theory Review. 14/2 (Fall 1993): 45–72. {IUScholarWorks}
Gotham, Mark, et al. 2020. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2).
Viva Press Publishing. Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.
Griffiths, Paul, ed. 2006. The New Penguin Dictionary of Music.
New York: Penguin. {GB}
Randel, Don Michael, ed. 2003. The Harvard Dictionary of Music,
4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. {GB}