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Composition & Counterpoint
Converse with
Johann Joseph Fux Simulacrum
Gradus ad Parnassum · Species Counterpoint · Pedagogy · The Steps · Rules of Voice Leading
17th–18th century
Converse with
Francesco Durante Simulacrum
Partimenti · Neapolitan School · Figured Bass · Improvisation · Maestro dei Maestri
18th century
Converse with
J.S. Bach Simulacrum
Counterpoint · Fugue · The Well-Tempered Clavier · Chorale · Structure as Beauty
17th–18th century
Converse with
Domenico Scarlatti Simulacrum
Keyboard Sonatas · 555 Essercizi · Harpsichord · Hand-Crossing · Iberian Influence
18th century
Converse with
Leonardo Leo Simulacrum
Partimenti · Solfeggio · Neapolitan School · Opera · Sacred Music · Counterpoint
18th century
Converse with
Giovanni Furno Simulacrum
Partimenti · Regole · Synonymy · Neapolitan Pedagogy · Teacher of Bellini
18th–19th century
Music Theory (Medieval & Renaissance)
Converse with
Guido d'Arezzo Simulacrum
Solmisation · Ut Re Mi · Staff Notation · Micrologus · Pedagogical Reform
11th century
Converse with
Franco of Cologne Simulacrum
Mensural Notation · Ars cantus mensurabilis · Rhythm · Duration · The Lawgiver
13th century
Converse with
Johannes Tinctoris Simulacrum
Terminorum musicae diffinitorium · Music Lexicography · Counterpoint Rules · Empiricism
15th century
Converse with
Gioseffo Zarlino Simulacrum
Le istitutioni harmoniche · Tuning · Senario · Major and Minor · Harmony as Philosophy
16th century
Solfeggio & Continuo
Converse with
Al-Fārābī Simulacrum
Kitab al-Musiqi al-Kabir · Music Theory · Modes · The Lute · Sound as Mathematical Relation
9th century
Converse with
Francesco Gasparini Simulacrum
L'armonico pratico al cimbalo · Continuo · Accompaniment · Venetian Practice · Figured Bass
17th–18th century
Converse with
Carlo Cotumacci Simulacrum
Solfeggio · Neapolitan Conservatory · Vocal Training · Teacher of Furno · Bridge Between Schools
18th century
Music Theory
Converse with
Heinrich Glareanus Simulacrum
Dodecachordon · Twelve Modes · Ionian and Aeolian · Josquin as Touchstone · Humanist Modal Theory
15th–16th century
Converse with
Gioseffo Zarlino Simulacrum
Senario · Consonance from Number · Imperfect Consonances · Harmonia Maggiore and Minore · Rational Counterpoint
16th century
Converse with
Johannes Lippius Simulacrum
Synopsis musicae novae · Trias Harmonica · Fundament · Inversion · Trinity-Triad Analogy
16th–17th century
Converse with
Jean-Philippe Rameau Simulacrum
Traité de l'harmonie · Fundamental Bass · Corps Sonore · Inversion Theory · Tonique · Dominante · Sous-dominante
17th–18th century
Converse with
Heinrich Christoph Koch Simulacrum
Versuch einer Anleitung zur Composition · Einschnitt / Abschnitt / Periode · Phrase Grammar · Phrase Extension · Music as Discourse
18th–19th century
Converse with
Adolf Bernhard Marx Simulacrum
Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition · Sonatenform · Liedform · Satz / Vordersatz / Nachsatz · Organic Form
19th century
Converse with
Eduard Hanslick Simulacrum
Vom Musikalisch-Schönen · Tonend bewegte Formen · Formalist Aesthetics · Absolute Music · Anti-Wagnerian
19th–20th century
Converse with
Hugo Riemann Simulacrum
Funktionstheorie · Tonic / Dominant / Subdominant · Harmonic Dualism · Tonnetz · Klangvertretung
19th–20th century
Converse with
Guido Adler Simulacrum
Musikwissenschaft · Historical / Systematic Branches · Stilkritik · Stilperiode · Denkmäler
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arnold Dolmetsch Simulacrum
The Interpretation of the Music of the XVII and XVIII Centuries · Historical Performance · Instrument Reconstruction · Haslemere Festival · Notes Inégales
19th–20th century
Converse with
Heinrich Schenker Simulacrum
Der freie Satz · Ursatz · Urlinie · Bassbrechung · Schichten · Prolongation · Auskomponierung
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arnold Schoenberg Simulacrum
Harmonielehre · Emancipation of the Dissonance · Twelve-Tone Method · Developing Variation · Musical Idea · Grundgestalt
19th–20th century
Converse with
Ernst Kurth Simulacrum
Linearer Kontrapunkt · Musical Energetics · Linear / Triadic Force · Tristan Crisis · Bruckner Energiewellen · Musikpsychologie
19th–20th century
Converse with
Milton Babbitt Simulacrum
Combinatoriality · Total Serialism · Twelve-Tone Invariants · Time-Point System · Aggregate Structure · Electronic Music
20th–21st century
Converse with
Leonard Bernstein Simulacrum
The Unanswered Question · Universal Musical Grammar · Overtone Series · Chomsky Deep Structure · Empson Ambiguity · Synthesis
20th century
Afrofuturism & Free Jazz
Converse with
Sun Ra Simulacrum
Afrofuturism · Space Music · The Arkestra · Space Is the Place · Cosmic Philosophy
1914–1993