EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY COUNTERPOINT

Music 103

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 Month

Date

Week

Unit/Topic

 

 

 

1.  Species Counterpoint & 18th-C. Techniques

April

2

1

cantus firmus, 1st species

 

4

 

 

 

9

2

2nd species, diminution

 

11

 

 

 

16

3

3rd species

 

18

 

 

 

23

4

4th and 5th species

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Invention

 

30

5

motive and countermotive

 

 

 

 

May

2

 

exposition, invertible counterpoint

 

7

6

 

 

9

 

modulatory episode, sequence

 

14

7

 

 

16

 

re-exposition

 

 

 

3.  Fugue

 

21

8

subject and countersubject

 

23

 

 

 

28

9

exposition

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

4

10

modulatory transition

 

6

 

 

NOTE:

Final Examination: Monday, June 10, 8-11 a.m.

The final exam will be given only once, at the scheduled time. Make plans now to be there.