BAIN MUSC 529
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
Terms & Concepts
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Textbook
Robert
Gauldin, A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint
(Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2013/1995). {Table
of Contents}
- Cadence
{BA;
HD}
- Cadential
formulas,
pp. 13-15
- Clausula
vera (Lat., 'true cadence')
- Picardy
third {HD},
p. 8
- Canon
{BA;
HD}
- Simple canon
- Dux/Comes ('Leader/Follower')
{Grove}
- Puzzle canon, p. 207
- Subject
- Presa
(It.) {Grove},
or signum
congruentiae (Lat., 'sign of congruence') {HD}
- Enigmatic
notation
- Realization
- Canon by contrary motion, pp. 194-197
- Rectus (Lat. 'right' side up)
- Inversus (Lat. 'upside down')
- Stretto,
pp. 197-200
- Canon
by augmentation/diminution, pp. 200-201
- Accompanied
canon, pp. 203-204
- Retrograde
canon, pp. 206-207
- Spiral
canon (per tonas), pp. 204-205
- Multiple
canon
- 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
- Relative voice motions, pp. 33-34
- Voice crossing, p. 35
- Species
counterpoint (Gauldin
2004, Appendix A) {Grove}
- Cantus
firmus, p. 41 {HD}
- Development
{HD}
- Figured
bass, see thoroughbass
- Fugue
{BA;
Grove}
See BAIN MUSC 529 Fugue
Terms & Concepts
- Ground
bass {HD}
- Historically informed performance {WP}
- Harmony
{BA}
- Functional
harmony, pp. 10-11
- Altered
chords, pp. 11-12
- Invertible
counterpoint {Grove}
- At
the octave, pp. 113-115
- At
the tenth and twelfth, pp. 186-189
- Triple
Counterpoint, pp. 189-192
- Imitation
- Real imitation, pp. 107-111
- Tonal imitation, pp. 177-185
- Intervals,
pp. 42-43
- Melodic vs. harmonic
- Specific vs. generic
- Counterpoint intervals (1-8)
- Consonance
vs. dissonance, p. 43 {BA}
- Consonant
intervals:
- Perfect:
1, 8, 5
- Imperfect:
3, 6
- Dissonant
intervals:
- 7,
4, 2, all A & d
- Chordal
dissonance
- Melody
{BA},
see Gauldin 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
- Nonharmonic tone, non-chord
tone, embellishing tone, pp. 61-63
- Passing 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
- Phrase
modulation
- 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,
pp. 15-18
- Melodic
- Harmonic
- Linear
intervallic patterns (LIPs)
- 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 726C 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;
Grove}
- Passion
{BA}
- Prelude
(see above)
- Mass
{BA}
- Motet
{BA}
- Oratorio
{BA}
- Overture
{BA}
- Recitative
{BA}
- Sinfonia
{BA}
- Suite
{BA}
- Toccata
{BA}
- Variation
form {BA;
HD}
(See 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}