- Introduction
- 1. Zarlino and His Legacy
- 2. Species Counterpoint and Fux’s Gradus
- 3. Thoroughbass Methods
- 4. Rameau’s Early Works
- 5. Rameau’s Later Works and Controversies
- 6. Mattheson and the Study of Melody
- 7. Harmonic Perspectives on Counterpoint
- 8. Changing Aspects of Harmonic Theory
- 9. The Marpurg–Kirnberger Disputes
- 10. Riepel on Melody and Phrases
- 11. Koch: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Musical Structure
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Rameau, Nouveau systême de musique theorique (1726): Chapter 23, “Examples of Errors Found in the Figures of Corelli’s op. 5”
- Appendix 2: Concerning the Authenticity of Thoroughbass Methods Attributed to Albrechtsberger
- Bibliography
- Index
Compositional Theory in the Eighteenth Century
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Publication Date: 03/15/1994
Awards & Accolades
- 1993 Wallace Berry Award, Society For Music Theory
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