Counterpoint

3 credits

Introduction to counterpoint through exercises in analysis and composition in either modal or tonal idioms, focusing on the styles from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Study of contrapuntal principles in 2-6 voices, historical genres (madrigals, motets, dance forms, inventions, fugue), and advanced contrapuntal techniques (invertible counterpoint, stretto, mensural canon). Prerequisite: MUSIC 301.