Campion, Thomas
(1567–1620)
THOMAS CAMPIONCAMPION, THOMASTHOMAS CAMPION [bapt. 1567-† 1620] Thomas Campion's A New Way of Making Fowre Parts in Counter-point, first printed around 1612, is striking in its recognition of the bass as the foundation for part-writing. Campion specifically stated that when sixths are used over the bass, such basses are not true basses. He told his readers to keep common tones and move other voices to the nearest chord tones; if no common tone exists, move the upper three voices in the…