Meter in Music, 1600-1800 Performance, Perception, and Notation

While the notation of 17th- and 18th-century music looks familiar, its meanings and the treatment of meter in performance have evolved dramatically. When performed according to the conventions of its own time, the music of 1600-1800 balances precision and flexibility, with an enchanting lilt, grace,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houle, George (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press 1987
1987.
Series:Music--scholarship and performance
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009598321606719
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of the measure in the seventeenth century
  • Time signatures in the eighteenth century
  • Rhythmopoeia: quantitative meters in poetry and music
  • Quantitas Intrinseca: the perception of meter
  • Articulation of quantitative meter
  • Accent as measure articulation and as measure definition.