November 6, 200916 yr Hey everyone! I recently......aquired..let's say... some counterpoint books, and before i crack any open, i wanted to know if a) anyone one here has heard of any of these, and b) which would be the best to read. The books (on counterpoint) i have are: Elementary Counterpoint by Horwood Frederick Counterpoint, 4th ed. by Kennan Kent Counterpoint for Beginners by Kitson C H Mahler and Bach Counterpoint and Polarities in Form by Kwon Songtaik Foundation studies in Fugue by Norden Hugo Fundamental Counterpoint by Norden Hugo Counterpoint (1970) by Piston Walter Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint by Arnold Schoenberg (is this the same as the composer?) and Two-Voice Counterpoint....by...unknown? The one that catches my eye is the Mahler and Bach Counterpoint by Songtaik, mainly because Bach was a freaking beast :P thanks guys! Mathieu
November 6, 200916 yr The Kennan book was helpful for me. Walter Piston's books (on orchestration, counterpoint, etc) are MASSIVE. I don't think they are teaching texts much less good sources for self-teaching. Haven't heard of the other books.
November 6, 200916 yr Author well i started reading the hugo book "foundation studies in fugue" its pretty short... ~86 pages, and it seems pretty straight forward, which is how i like to learn :P haha i'll look at the others as well.
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