Palestrina's style;: A practical introduction

66 p. music. 21 cm. ; Using the music of Palestrina as his basis, Boyd describes as lucidly and concisely as possible the stylistic features of 16th-century vocal music in the main forms of mass and motet. While the emphasis is laid upon contrapuntal textures, such matters as harmony and cadence are not neglected. There are a number of music examples and graded exercises, which bring the student into direct contact with the music discussed.