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5.2.2) Music Composition Books: Counterpoint
%A C.H. Kitson
%T The Art of Counterpoint
%I Clarendon Press
%D 1907
%O This is a detailed book, but is rather confusing to the beginner.
Covers classical style (Palestrina) counterpoint.
%A Johann Phillip Kirnberger
%T The Art of Strict Musical Composition
%I Yale University Press
%D 1982
%S Music Theory Translation Series
%O A very clear book with numerous examples. This has a section on
counterpoint which explains simple counterpoint in two or more
parts.
 
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