CONTRAPUNTIST • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Contrapuntist

... his praise. Schumann, on making his acquaintance, proclaimed the advent of a genius who wrote music in which the spirit of the age found its consummation, and who, at the piano, unveiled wonders. By others he has been called the greatest contrapuntist after Bach, the greatest architectonist after Beethoven, the man of creative power who assimilated the older forms and invested them with a new life entirely his own. His piano works are a rich addition to the pianist's store, but whoever would unveil their beautiful proportions, all aglow as ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore