Background
Cunningham, Michael Gerald was born on August 5, 1937 in Warren, Michigan, United States. Son of Edmund John and Mary Ann (Etienne) Cunningham.
(This book starts by focusing on Medieval creativity and t...)
This book starts by focusing on Medieval creativity and the first, and later attempts at written music, from the earliest days on into the Ars Nova period, so as to show the eventual evolution to Renaissance triadic counterpoint. The second, more important focus is on an adapted set of Species exercises, with all the benefits of its strict rules. The third focus is on freer creativity within the learned rules. The final focus is on the English Madrigal, and how it bridges to Baroque tonality. A prose Appendix historically orients the student with overview summaries of the Renaissance period.
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This book enables teachers with basic piano skills to help young students and/or willing adults to take the first steps in understanding classical music.
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Intended for first and second year college music courses, graduate students needing a concentrated review, and Private Theory instruction, this is a Music Theory treatise in the form of a workbook. The greater part of traditional theory is formatted into a set of 25 lessons, offering new insight, sequences and overviews. This teaching tool is designed to teach the most information with a maximum overview and minimal effort in the smallest amount of time. This method of instruction takes into account the crowded schedules of vocal, instructional, composition, and various other majors. By studying Theory the student becomes prepared for eventual and continual contact with existing music literature.
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DIVISIONAL COUNTERPOINT is a step-by-step course intended to point the student in the direction of Bach's coutrapuntal style. It begins like most other counterpoint texts, but after STEPS 1 and 2 the similarity ends. Here there is a blending of the techniques of Species Counterpoint with that of harmonic progressions. Here, instead of Canti Firmi, there are Guidance lines which may, when necessary, be changed. Within controlled chordal progressions, using chordal skeletons, the emphases are on adding ever-faster lines to achieve the proper composite rhythm, and to maintain the established chordal progression. Dissonance is presented as notes that are merely out of the harmonic context, rather than as absolute abstractions. Part I (a full semester's work) emphasizes short two and three voice exercises. Part II introduces remaining techniques and textures and invites more concentrated work in lengthier compositions and analysis.
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composer music educator emeritus writer
Cunningham, Michael Gerald was born on August 5, 1937 in Warren, Michigan, United States. Son of Edmund John and Mary Ann (Etienne) Cunningham.
Bachelor of Music, Wayne State University, 1959. Master of Music, University Michigan, 1961. Doctor of Music, Indiana University, 1973.
Accompanist, music director dance department, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1961, 64-67; instructor music department, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1967-1969; teaching assistant, Indiana U. School Music, Bloomington, 1969-1971; lecturer music theory, U. Kansas School Fine Arts, Lawrence, 1972; assistant professor Conservatory Music,, U. Pacific, Stockton, California, 1973; professor music theory and composition, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, since 1973.
(This book starts by focusing on Medieval creativity and t...)
(Intended for first and second year college music courses,...)
(This book enables teachers with basic piano skills to hel...)
(DIVISIONAL COUNTERPOINT is a step-by-step course intended...)
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With United States Army, 1962-1963. Member American Society of Composers (annual stipend since 1969), Wisconsin Alliance Composers, Sigma Alpha Iota's Pan Pipe, Phi Mu Alpha.