I don’t think its study should need much defense (it would be one of the key ‘values’ I’d teach to the children in my class—as per Dexter’s thread), — Brian Jones
Yea, brother. But this Fux is no ordinary text (for me); not like the (Fux-corrective) Jeppesen text (Counterpoint) that I work with alongside Fux's. It's more like a child's primer, with the most basic semantics and syntax of music in easy, step-wise development. One seems almost lifted up the steps, by some muse or other, instead of having to trudge up them yourself, 'text-wise'.I wouldn't require anyone to go through a counterpoint text
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