Counterpoint Patterns as a Topic of Invention inthe Instrumental Music of Orlando Gibbons

Jonathan Oddie

SMT Annual Meeting

29 October 2015

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Example 1: Thirds and fourths in stretto canon at the fourth

Example 2: Scalar figures in stretto canon at the fifth

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Example 3: ‘Contrary’ rule for thirds and fourths in stretto canon at thefifth

Example 4: ‘Contrary’ rule for scalar figures in stretto canon at the fourth

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Example 5: Two-part interlocks of the falling-third/rising-fourth pattern

Example 6: Two-part interlocks of the rising-third/falling-fourth pattern

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Example 7: Four-part stretto based on rising fourths and falling thirds

Example 8: Four-part stretto based on rising thirds and falling fourths

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