"The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint is a practical text for the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Tonal contrapuntal technique is fundamental to all classical music from the Baroque era through the end of the tonal period and beyond. Using examples from the music of J.S. Bach, the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that stress both analysis and writing. Benjamin avoids a species approach to...

A collection of more than 850 excerpts and complete movements by nearly 150 composers, organized by topic and illustratring various aspects of harmony, counterpoint, and form. Indexed by composer and by theoretical concept.