Johannes Menke's textbook "Counterpoint II" addresses the compositional techniques of the Baroque period and serves as a continuation of "Counterpoint I." Claudio Monteverdi referred to the modern musical practices of his time, which we now describe as the beginning of the Baroque, as "Seconda prattica." Therefore, the volume places a particular emphasis on the 17th century and explains the techniques and thought processes that composers like Monteverdi, Purcell, Corelli, Couperin, Handel, and Bach employed in their compositions. The textbook consistently relies on the very pragmatic contemporary counterpoint theory of the Baroque era and makes forgotten knowledge accessible again through numerous newly typeset examples from historical textbooks.