Music 1649A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Death Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Contrapuntal Motion, Missa Pange Lingua
20 Dec 2016
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We call counterpoint a procedure containing in itself diverse variations of singable sounds with certain reason in proportions and measure of time. It"s called counterpoint from point against point, that is, note against note, because the notes are placed one against another, and a harmonic concordance of the extreme sounds which correspond together arises. (r5) Point was set against or counter to point, counterpoint counterpoint is understood a composition which is written strictly according to technical rules. (r6) Musicians once composed with only a few dots or points. They placed one against another as we now place one note against another . There are two kinds of counterpoint: simple and diminished. The simple is composed solely of consonances and equal note-values placed against one another. Diminished counterpoint has dissonances as well as consonances, and may employ every kind of note-value, as the composer wishes.
