The website improvisedcounterpoint.com is a research-driven project by Vicente Parrilla, developed within the framework of his PhD at KU Leuven / LUCA School of Arts / docARTES and funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). The project is devoted to the study and practical re-engagement of Renaissance improvised counterpoint through the systematic edition, analysis, and recording of historical sources, and functions as a digital and aural complement to the written doctoral dissertation.
Bringing together modern transcriptions, analytically annotated scores, and extensive audio materials, the project investigates how early musicians were trained to think, hear, and create polyphony in real time. By integrating source-based scholarship with practice-based research, improvisedcounterpoint.com offers a set of open-access digital resources designed to support both scholarly inquiry and historically informed musical practice.