In the fourteenth century composers and theorists invented mensuration and proportion signs allowing them increased flexibility and precision in notating a very wide range of rythmic and metric relationships. The origin and interpretation of these signs is one of the least understood and most complex issues in music history.
The author also traces the evolution of the mensural notational system to the threshold of the modern system of notation. In the process, the exact meaning of everyday mensuration and proportion signs encountered in music and theory from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century is analysed and elucidated.
The investigation results in a revision of many currently held views concerning the significance and development of early time signatures.
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In the fourteenth century composers and theorists invented mensuration and proportion signs allowing them increased flexibility and precision in notating a very wide range of rythmic and metric relationships. The origin and interpretation of these signs is one of the least understood and most complex issues in music history.
The author also traces the evolution of the mensural notational system to the threshold of the modern system of notation. In the process, the exact meaning of everyday mensuration and proportion signs encountered in music and theory from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century is analysed and elucidated.
The investigation results in a revision of many currently held views concerning the significance and development of early time signatures.
Imprint | Clarendon Press |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Oxford Monographs on Music |
Release date | 1993 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1993 |
Authors | Anna Maria Busse Berger |
Dimensions | 244 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 284 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-816230-8 |
Barcode | 9780198162308 |
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LSN | 0-19-816230-8 |