Counterpoint in Composition: The Study of Voice Leading

by Felix Salzer, Carl Schachter

-- Stanley Persky, City University of New York

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

477 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1989

Reviews

[Richard Pohl]

Very comphrehensive volume offering a heavily Schenkerian approach to the voice leading issues... Includes for me very unusual techniques and views still based on the classical "Fuxian" counterpoint, but taking it in unexpected direction ("prolonged counterpoint"). If you don't have at least basic comprehension of Schenkerian thinking and methods, it's not book for you.

[Bruno]

Best book out there for species counterpoint. The second half uncovers some very fundamental concepts in how harmony and counterpoint are intertwined and how the counterpoint learned in the first half serves as the backbone to functional harmony.

[Aubrey]

Got through second species. Not finishing this book. Well written though compared to other books out there!

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