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The Teaching of Harmony and Counterpoint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Gloria Toplis
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Abstract

Now that the system of functional tonality is regarded as obsolete by many composers and some British universities have abandoned the teaching of tonal harmony and counterpoint, it is time to re-examine the role of this area of the curriculum. This article argues that there is still a place for it but that up-to-date, scholarly materials are needed for the preliminary and intermediate stages of study.

Type
Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 159 - 165
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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