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Where can I find related materials in connection with Johann Joseph Fux's The Study of Counterpoint?
Allegedly, Beethoven condensed Fux's work into a "cheat sheet" version for ready reference (from the back cover of the Alfred Mann translation), and Mozart apparently annotated his own copy (...
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Is counterpoint still used today?
I was wondering if counterpoint is still used today or was it something that was just used by Bach? Does modern music like pop songs use it?
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In Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum, why is the B always flat in the exercises done in the F mode?
In Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum, when in the F mode (lydian), the B is always flat, at least in the first and second species examples. The cantus firmus proposed by master Aloys avoids the note ...
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Intended tempo of exercises in Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum
Fux uses whole notes for the cantus firmi in his book, so do others influenced by his work. But I find them almost unbearably slow within the usual tempo ranges.
I know that there must have been a ...
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Fux counterpoint: why is it in the modal system?
Assuming Fux's counterpoint was written in 1752, why are there some references to the modal system and none to tonality? I mean... 1752 is way beyond the end of modality! Composers already had the ...
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