![]() Both Mozart and Beethoven chose to employ more contrapuntal textures in their later music, than in their more youthful compositions. All the Classical "Greats" such as Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven studied counterpoint in depth, and for many of these composers the use of counterpoint became increasingly signficant as they developed as composers. Bach, contrapuntal writing in music has continued to be important in all subsequent eras. Although its popularity lessened after the death of J.S. ![]() This style of writing originated in the Renaissance era, and reached its apotheosis during Baroque times. Each individual melody (also called a "voice" or "part") is an independent, musical idea, and the emphasis is on the separate strands of melody, on the horizontal axis, rather than on the harmony, or vertical axis. Counterpoint is a style of musical writing which involves intertwining two or more melodies.
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