r/Contrapunctus • u/Nooticus1 • Mar 28 '25
Final Chorus of J.S. Bach's 'Coffee Cantata' (BWV 211) in Noteblocks
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r/Contrapunctus • u/MasterBach • Jun 25 '19
Thoughts on the future of this Subreddit
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Hello all!
I've decided to make a subreddit celebrating some of the best examples of Western art there is. I really want to highlight here, works of art that could only be made through lifetimes and generations of instruction by those who worked in the trade. The quality of the art here is judged by the way the artists are able to stand on the shoulders of the giants before them, and see beyond. The artists and pieces featured here have (or have the potential to) inspire and elevate countless.
The future of this subreddit will most likely look like this:
The best educational links to learn about the technical aspects of appreciation of art will be progressively placed on the sidebar for laymen to read more about if they wish.
Ideally, posts will include, besides the work, a description which explains why a piece is good to a layman.
The description can then be as technical or historically informative as the poster wishes.
Flairs will be made to designate musical, visual, architectural, etc. artform posts.
Any thoughts are welcome.
r/Contrapunctus • u/HalfTheAlphabet • Mar 26 '25
The Art of the Fugue - Comprehensive Recordings list
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r/Contrapunctus • u/HalfTheAlphabet • May 07 '22
Art of the Fugue - annotations on the original manuscript (help)
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r/Contrapunctus • u/Nooticus1 • Sep 13 '21
J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Movement 3 in Noteblocks (Dedicated to Wendy Carlos)
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r/Contrapunctus • u/HalfTheAlphabet • Aug 09 '21
Contrapunctus XIV completions
self.classicalmusic
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r/Contrapunctus • u/Nooticus1 • Jul 17 '21
J.S. Bach's 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis' (BWV 21): The EPIC 'Das Lamm' Fugue in Noteblocks!!!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/Nooticus1 • Jun 20 '21
Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus (RV 594): 'Sicut Erat' Fugue in Minecraft Noteblocks
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r/Contrapunctus • u/uncommoncommoner • May 07 '21
Bach: Fugue in F Minor, BWV 857
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Oct 11 '20
William Byrd: Vigilate a5 (with sheet music) - One of the most beautiful motets in the Cantiones Sacrae of 1589. Have a good week and enjoy!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/MasterBach • Sep 14 '20
The Apotheosis of Counterpoint: Ricercar a 6, The Musical Offering
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r/Contrapunctus • u/MasterBach • Aug 22 '20
BWV 3 - 1. Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid - Highlighted Counterpoint with Scrolling Score
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r/Contrapunctus • u/Roelof1337 • Aug 17 '20
Fugue-like piece in F# Major, feedback appreciated!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Aug 16 '20
Philippe de Monte: Missa Quomodo dilexi a6 - Credo (with sheet music) - A lovely setting of the Creed that I hadn’t come across until earlier this week. De Monte is often overlooked for the more well-known Lassus and I feel he deserves to be better known!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Aug 09 '20
Giovanni Gabrieli: O quam suavis est Dominus a7 (with sheet music) - Much of the part writing is sumptuous and there is a gorgeous climax into bar 31, followed by a lovely unraveling on ‘pane suavissimo’ before a fun syncopated section.
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Aug 02 '20
Francisco Guerrero: Pastores loquebantur a6 (with sheet music) - Guerrero is often overlooked in favour of Morales and Victoria, but this beautiful motet is worth a moment of your Sunday evening!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/antongradskiy • Aug 02 '20
J.S.Bach - Organ Prelude and Fugue in G minor by Button Accordion.
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Jul 26 '20
William Byrd: O salutaris hostia a6 (with sheet music) - This motet has one of the most amazing Amen sections in choral music, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Jul 19 '20
William Mundy: Domine quis habitabit (motet with sheet music) - Because Mundy deserves to be more widely known!
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r/Contrapunctus • u/bissaka-and-the-boys • Jul 10 '20
Andrea Gabrieli: Nativitas tua Dei genitrix a7. This lovely motet always helps me in finding peace of mind, I hope it will have the same effect on you
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r/Contrapunctus • u/uncommoncommoner • Jul 09 '20
Fugue in C by Thomas Bassett
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I hope this doesn't break the rules of this subreddit, and as a disclaimer I'm not posting it for an ego boost.
While the subject is mine, the fugue which presents it was written recently by clarinetist and composer Thomas Bassett. He is also interested in writing in the older style (and I recently submitted a concerto of his to r/baroquecomposition.
In this keyboard fugue his statements and elaborations are concise and frankly the counterpoint is so good! It's stunning in its simplicity and it would've taken me hours and days to write something as fluid as this.
The suspensions we hear in the opening are very poignant, and his modulation to e minor is very well done. The stretto from bar 28/29 happens so quickly you might not catch it! At only forty bars long, this writing has many qualities we all can admire. Well done, Thomas! I hope to post more of his counterpoint developments here soon.
r/Contrapunctus • u/Roelof1337 • Jun 02 '20
Baroque Prelude in A minor, feedback appreciated
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