MUSC 415 - Counterpoint I

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: MUSC 216
A study of the contrapuntal style of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries in the late Baroque era, which includes learning the essence of the “species” counterpoint of J. J. Fux and applying it to written exercises based on a given cantus firmus, as well as original compositions in the style of Bach. In addition to close study of Bach’s Two-Part Inventions and of the fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, students hear and discuss their exercises and compositions in class so that they may learn from one another.