I am pretty ok/good with four-part harmony but i really am lost when it comes to doing qs. in Two-part counterpoint. Could anyone, suggest a book/text (pl mention the title, author, ISBN no, publisher if possible, as it may not be available in India)? When i did Gr 8 Trinity (on my own) few years ago, i survived the Qs. (!), but its really elementary, and its my knowledge of harmony and observation of melodic patterns which helped, really. I have not studied 'counterpoint'.

I'd recommend you study the two-part inventions of J S Bach.

Much better to get the feel of the stuff than just read about it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Chorale-Harmo...t/dp/1871082722

I second that - that is how we were taught eighteenth century counterpoint at college - we had to write two and three-part inventions in the style of Bach - no better way of doing that than to study the Master's work!

The book that Bourdon16 recommends is very good. The author was my tutor at music college and was a brilliant teacher.

It depends if you want to study renaissance ie. Palestrina counterpoint or baroque 2 part. For the renaissance the best book is by Owen swindale- polyphonic composition and for the baroque you could have a look at stylistic harmony by Anna Butterworth or counterpoint by RO Morris
Hope this is helpful