This book offers a most comprehensive view of galant composition available in a single volume.
This English translation of Musical Dilettante offers a most comprehensive view of galant composition available in a single volume and serves not only as a theoretical treatise but a record of the aesthetic and musical values of the day.
Foreword Ian Bent; Translator's preface; Introduction; The musical dilettante: a treatise on composition (1773); Preface; 1. Harmony in general; 2. The three different motions of the voices; 3. Combining two voices; 4. Combining three voices; 5. Combining four voices; 6. Composition in five and more parts; 7. Variation; 8. Imitation; 9. Canon; 10. Simple fugue; 11. Double counterpoint; 12. Double fugue; Bibliography; Index.