C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Introduction
2.	Counterpoint in the Middle Ages
3.	Renaissance
4.	Baroque
5.	Classical & Romantic Periods
	Twentieth Century

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Thanks for a great summer term!

Quotable

	[Counterpoint is] an artistic combination of tones which arises when one [melody] is placed opposite another.
	– Johannes Tinctoris, The Art of Counterpoint (1477)

Course Description

Analysis of counterpoint and texture in polyphonic music from the Middle Ages to the present

Prerequisite: Undergraduate tonal harmony and voice leading

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf) 
• Links for Students
2. Reading
3. Handouts
4. Theory
5. Listening/Analysis
6. Digital Anthology
7. Terms & Concepts
8. Special Topics
9. Bibliography

Activities

1. Activity #1: Thurs., June 20
   16th-Century Counterpoint – Due: Fri., June 21, 11:59 pm
2. Activity #2: Thurs., June 27
   18th-Century Counterpoint – Due: Fri., June 28, 11:59 pm
3. Activity #3: Wed., July 3
   20th-Century Counterpoint – Due: Fri., July 5, 11:59 pm
   
   

Projects

1. Analysis Project 1
   
• Modal Counterpoint (pdf) – Due: Fri., June 21, 11:59 pm
• Proposal (pdf) – Due: Wed., June 19, 11:59 pm
2. Analysis Project 2
   
• Tonal Counterpoint (pdf) – Due: Fri., June 28, 11:59 pm
• Dahn, The Four-Part Chorales of J.S. Bach {Bach-Chorales.com}
• Proposal (pdf) – Due: Wed., June 26, 11:59 pm
• Student Projects (pdf)
  
3. Final Presentation (pdf)
• Proposal (pdf) – Due: Fri., June 28, 11:59 pm
• Presentation – Tues., July 2, in class
• Presentation Schedule (pdf) 
  
• Final Presentation Self-Reflection (& Deliverables Submission) (pdf) – Due: Fri., July 5, 11:59 pm

Online Media Resources

1. Algomus {Algomus.fr}
• Computational Analysis of Bach Fugues
2. Alvira, Teoria - *
• Inventions, BWV 772-786 by J.S. Bach {Teoria}
• The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1087 by J.S. Bach {Teoria}
  
3. Atkinson, Video analyses of classical music with an emphasis on counterpoint and craftsmanship {YouTube Channel} - *
4. Bella Voce Chicago, The Middle Ages: A Musical Journey (2020-2021) {YouTube Playlist}
5. Belkin
• Applied Counterpoint {YouTube Playlist}
• Musical Composition {YouTube Playlist}
• Analysis for Composers {YouTube Playlist}
6. Bruhn, J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: In-depth Analysis and Interpretation {Edition Gorz} (Bruhn 1993)
7. Byros, PoetryOfTone {YouTube Channel}
8. Carter, Counterpoint exercises with Nadia Boulanger, 1933-35 {Library of Congress}
9. Christiansen, Earsense
• J.S. BACH, Fugues of WTC I (1722) & WTC II (1744), "48 Jewels" {Earsense}
• SHOSTAKOVICH, Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (1951), "24 Jewels" {Earsense}
10. Dahn, The Four-Part Chorales of J.S. Bach {Bach-Chorales.com}
11. Edwards, Puzzle Canon {PuzzleCanon.com} - *
12. Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Explore the Score - *
• Bartok Piano Works {ETS}
  
• Ligeti PIano Works {ETS}
  
13. Gjerdingen
• Child Composers {YouTube Playlist} (Gjerdingen 2020)
• The Rule of the Octave {YouTube}
• Exemplars of Schemas {YouTube}
• Improvised Counterpoint: Fauxbourdon {YouTube}
• The Galant Style {GB; Ebook Central} (Gjerdingen 2007)
• Monuments of Partimenti {Partimenti.org}
• An Introduction to Counterpoint {Partimenti.org}
• What are schemas? {Partimenti.org}
• Charles Gounod on Fugue (ca. 1858) {Partimenti.org}
• The World of Partimenti {YouTube}
14. Gotham et al., Open Music Theory {OMT} (Gotham et al. 2020)
• II. Counterpoint and Galant Schemas {OMT}
• VI. Jazz {OMT}
• VII. Popular Music {OMT}
• VIII 20th- and 21st-Century Techniques {OMT}
• IX. Twelve-Tone Music {OMT}
15. Gran, Counterpoint Tutorials {YouTube Channel}
16. Hansen, Counterpoint Course {HansenMedia.net}
17. Hogan, The Nikhil Hogan Show {Listen Notes}
18. Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom (Hutchinson 2017)
• Ch. 30 Introduction to Counterpoint {MT21C}
19. Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Academy {YouTube Playlist}
• Collective Improvisation [and Counterpoint] in New Orleans Jazz {YouTube}
20. Lehman, Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars {FrankLehman.com}
21. Moths and Nanni (Universität Basel), From Ink to Sound (FITS)
• Rhythmic Patterns – How to Recognize a Mode {FITS}
22. Netherlands Bach Society, All of Bach {Website; YouTube Channel}
23. Remeš, Music Theory Research and Pedagogy {DerekRemes.com}
    
• Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns from the 17th and 18th Centuries to Play, Sing, and Transpose at the Keyboard {DerekRemes.com}
  
• Go Figure! Theory and Practice of Thoroughbass {YouTube Channel; Website}
• W. A. Mozart, Species Counterpoint Exercises for his Pupil, Thomas Attwood: A Pedagogical Edition {DerekRemes.com}
24. Rotem, Early Music Sources
25. Scalia, Renaissance Music Project {YouTube Channel}
26. Smith, Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier – See the Digital Bach archive {YouTube Channel} - *
27. SMT-V
• Margulis, Repetition and Musicality (Vol. 1, 2015) {SMT-V}
• Mailman, Babbitt's Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside (Vol 5, 2019) {SMT-V}
• Murphy, Clara Schumann’s op. 16 no. 3 and “Fifth Above, Third Below”: Discerning Inverted Canonic Potential (Vol. 8, 2022) {SMT-V}
• Schubert, Contrapuntal Thinking in Haydn (Vol. 1, 2015) {SMT-V}
28. Straus, The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis {OUP} (Straus 2022) - *
• Stravinsky, Fanfare for a New Theatre (1964) {OUP}
29. Thomas, Music Theory Videos {YouTube Playlist} - *

* - Video-based analyses

Research Tools

1. FindIt @ UofSC
2. Dictionaries: Harvard Dictionary | Grove/Oxford
3. Articles: JSTOR
4. E-books: Ebook Central | EBSCOhost | Hathi Trust
   
5. Scores: IMSLP; Alexander Street; CPDL
6. Recordings: Naxos | Spotify | YouTube
7. Audio & Video: TCL
8. Digital scores: see BAIN MUSC 525

Music Theory Journals

1. 19th-Century Music {UC Press}
2. College Music Symposium {CMS}
3. Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy {OSU Libraries}
4. Indiana Theory Review {IU Press}
5. Intégral {Rochester.edu}
6. Journal of Mathematics and Music {Taylor & Francis}
   
7. Journal of Music Theory {JMT; JSTOR}
8. Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy {JMTP}
9. Journal of New Music Research {Taylor & Francis}
10. Music Analysis {Wiley; JSTOR}
11. Perspectives on New Music {Website; JSTOR}
12. Society for Music Theory (SMT)
• Music Theory Online {MTO}
• Music Theory Spectrum {Oxford; JSTOR}
• SMT-V: SMT's Videocast Journal
• SMT-Pod: The Society for Music Theory Podcast
13. Theory and Practice {JSTOR}

Main References