Modal Counterpoint: Renaissance Style

I have just finished working through this book after two years and it's by far the best book about 16th century counterpoint I've come across - and I have used several.The benefit it has over other methods is that it goes back to the original Renaissance method books and uses exercises from those, unlike say Jeppesen, where I now realize (having worked through this book) that Jeppesen didn't know as much about Palestrina as he made out! There's nothing in Jeppesen about modal ranges for instance.The main thing wrong with it is the large number of typos, and also in some places I could have done with more worked examples, and the paper is very thin for a book that if used properly needs to be more robust.Also it's ridiculously expensive. I found the book six months before I bought it and the price made me wait. Eventually I took the plunge and am very glad that I did, but I still can't see why it has to be so expensive.I've just noticed that Peter Schubert has written a Baroque Counterpoint book so I guess I shall have to buy that - but that's even more expensive.

Everything I hoped for. All I need in terms of counterpoint theory.

Errata for 'Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style' by Peter SchubertPage 2 Ex.I-2: C time sig. should read 2/1 Ex. I-2: m.8, alto, last quarter B-flat should read B-naturalPage 3 Line 8: "labeled in the example" should be deleted (or add missing labels)Page 10 Ex. 1-1b: last line, 3rd measure fill in G-A-B-CPage 14 Ex. 1-3e: "(see Exx. 14-6 and 14-7)" should read "(see Exx. 14-9 and 14-10)"Page 15 Ex. 1-3g: "(see Exx. 14-6 and 14-7)" should read "(see Exx. 14-9 and 14-10)"Page 23 ill. #6: 2nd ex. w/ pyramid upside down should say "avoid"Page 25 Ex. 2-6b: treble 8ve clef in first two exx. should be alto clef Ex. 2-6b: clef in 3rd Ex. should be normal treble clefPage 51 line 9: "25 percent" should read "20 percent"Page 55 Exercise 4-D2: first CF note A should read GPage 61 line 16: "shown in Example 5-4" should read "shown in Example 5-5"Page 70 line 5: "high point to the next." should read "high point to the next temporary low point or vice-versa."Page 72 line 1: "third-species Mixolydian" should read "third-species Hypomixolydian" Ex. 5-D2: 4th staff, last note low G should be an octave higherPage 87 ill. rule 4: last example, "X" should be over quarter-note GPage 92 Ex. 7-5a: add brackets in mm. 4-11 over B-G-A-A-A and A-F-G-G-GPage 93 Exx. 7-5b & c: same as abovePage 99 Exercise 7-C2: signature in middle line should be B-flat (not C-flat!)Page 146 Puzzle-canon exercise: fourth canon, last note C should be DPage 169 line 1: "Example 5-2" should read "Example 5-4"Page 178 line 11: "stepwise in one direction (you" should read "stepwise (you"Page 187 Ex. 14-9: m.5, top line, tenor octave clef should be regular treble clefPage 188 Ex. 14-9: m. 16, middle line, 7th note should be F, not GPage 188 Ex. 14-10: m. 7, beat 4, middle voice, dot missingPage 192 line 15: "Compare numbers 4 and 7." should read "Compare numbers 4 and 6."Page 194 Ex. 14-12, #7: middle line, tenor octave clef should be regular treble clefPage 221 lines 3-4: delete "In each ...and bracketed" or have students label & bracket in Exx. 16-8 and 16-9Page 225 line 3: "in the mode indicated" delete (or teacher must specify mode)Page 252 line 10: "at the asterisk" should read "in m. 23" (or add * in alto, m. 23)Page 283 Ex. 19-14: bass, m. 14, reverse note E and restPage 308 Ex. App. 1-1: underline both first and third syllables in "Be - ne - dic -tus"Page 316 Appendix 4: 15th CF note breve D should be semibreve DOther minor/obvious mistakes excluded. (Confirmed by Author)

Good and well-written book. The foreword and a couple of pages was misprinted, loose and inlayed (almost like eratas). Not what one expects when buying a new book for that amount of money.