Bach's Authentic Chorale Harmony - Workbook: A specially revised edition for electronic publication

Christopher Mabley

Aug 2021 · Christopher Mabley

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale settings have been vital to the teaching of music ever since they were composed, and this comprehensive Course provides a thorough re-appraisal of this inspiring music. In matching HARMONY closely to TEXTURE, it is founded entirely on the composer's own procedures. Each Chapter builds on the work of previous ones, so that the student is taken from the simplest harmonizations of single phrases through to the most complex settings of complete chorale melodies employing the full range of Bach’s harmonic resources. The materials are complemented at every stage by focused exercises using Bach's music as relevant exemplars.

This book provides the keen student with practical working insights into the basics of harmony and counterpoint, and these insights can then be adapted and applied to music in other styles and genres.

This edition is presented in American English and American musical terminology. It complements the printed edition which uses British English and British musical terminology.

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About the author

Christopher Mabley is an all-round musician who teaches, conducts, composes, arranges, performs, writes about, and examines music and musical performance. He studied Music at the University of Cambridge in England (UK), and subsequently took a Master's degree in the Theory and Analysis of Music at Goldsmiths College in the University of London. He has taught Bach's chorale harmony to students of all abilities since 1984.

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