Böcker av Ebenezer Prout

Counterpoint - Strict and free. Third Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Prout's still indispensable work is profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. Strict Counterpoint is the preliminary technical work for actual musical composition.At the time of original publication, Ebenezer Prout was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.

The second edition of Prout's still indispensable work, profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. The study of double counterpoint and of the various forms of imitation is an invaluable and indispensable introduction to the higher branches of composition.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries.At the time of original publication in 1893, Ebenezer Prout was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He is also the author of Harmony: Its Theory and Practice and Counterpoint: Strict and Free.

With his usual thoroughness, Prof. Prout discusses the musical capabilities of the various instruments in the symphony orchestra and the problems involved in composing music for them. This classic 1877 treatise from the high-Romantic era examines the capabilities and techniques for each instrument of the orchestra and the ways in which composition for them can be accomplished.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries.At the time of original publication, Ebenezer Prout, Mus.D., was Professor of Music at the University of Dublin.

CONTENTSIntroductionKey, or TonalityThe General Laws of Part-WritingThe Diatonic Triads of the Major KeyThe Inversions of the Triads of a Major KeyThe Minor Key: Its Diatonic Triads and Their InversionsThe Chord of the Dominant SeventhKey Relationship -- Modulation to Nearly Related Keys -- False RelationUnessential Discords -- Auxiliary Notes, Passing Notes, and AnticipationsUnessential Discords -- SuspensionsThe Chord of the Dominant NinthThe Chord of the Dominant EleventhThe Chord of the Dominant ThirteenthChromatic Triads -- The Chromatic ScaleChromatic Cords of the SeventhChromatic Cords of the Ninth -- False Notation -- Enharmonic ModulationChromatic Cords of the Eleventh and ThirteenthThe Chord of the Augmented SixthPedalsHarmony in Fewer and More than Four PartsAppendix A. The Ecclesiastical ModesAppendix B. The Harmonic Series