oa Questions of Counterpoint from the Perspective of Energy Concept of Ernst Kurth

The following article focuses on the concept of counterpoint, which is explored in context of the main thesis of the energy concept of Ernst Kurth. The work formulates the most important principles that reflect the psychological approach to music. The author analyses the phenomena of polyphony and homophony, their essential principles, and immanent features within the framework of the energy concept. The co-reliance between the “counterpoint” and “polyphony” is considered as such. A brief overview of the methods of teaching counterpoint from the point of view of different approaches to it is given.