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The Craft Of Modal Counterpoint Is The Companion Book To Benjamin's The Craft Of Tonal Counterpoint, Recently Republished In A Second Edition By Routledge. Modal Counterpoint Is The Style Of Composition That Was Employed Until The Tonal Revolution Pioneered By Bach; It Is The Basis For Most Early Music. Benjamin, A Composer And Pedagogue, Offers A Complete Analysis Of This Important Musical Style. He Begins By Covering General Aspects Of The Style, Then Covers In Detail Two, Three, And Four-part Counterpoint. The Motet, An Important Form Of Vocal Composition In This Period, Is Studied Separately. The Book Concludes With A Brief Anthology Of Key Scores, 15 In All, For The Student To Study Further. Also Includes 132 Musical Examples.