MUS 317 - Counterpoint

1 course unit

A study of composition focusing on the contrapuntal practices of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Readings from historical treatises and secondary source readings, analysis of selected compositions addressing technical, performance, and musical-rhetorical issues. Intensive written exercises leading to several compositional projects.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 112 Music Theory II or permission of the instructor.

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