Below are some essays I’ve written about various musical topics. Please download and share them with your friends and colleagues. If you’ve found them useful, please consider a donation in any amount.

Future essay topics will include:

• Invertible Counterpoint
• A Russian System of Modulation
• Variations on Hymn Tunes
• Species Counterpoint

Transposition by Changing Clef

A Systematic Method of Common Chord Modulation

An Introduction to Figured Bass Exercises

Robert Schumann at the Organ: the Classic Romanticist

French Influences on American Improvisational Practices in the 20th Century

Organ Improvisation Pedagogy: A Comparison of Four Treatises

Functional vs. Objective Music in the Christian Church

The Semantics of Sacred Music