Modal Counterpoint

3 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses 102C and 111C, or 120C. In-depth exploration of styles and techniques of counterpoint of 15th and 16th centuries through writing and analysis of important forms of period, including species, canon, free counterpoint, cantus, firmus, point of imitation, motet, ricercare, etc. Letter grading.