Over the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among musicians that permits the translation of musical events into visual symbols. This book traces the historical development of the system in the western world, from its origins in the Carolingian Empire to the present.
Over the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among musicians that permits the translation of musical events into visual symbols. This book traces the historical development of the system in the western world, from its origins in the Carolingian Empire to the present.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
James Grier is Professor of Music History at the University of Western Ontario and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has written The Critical Editing of Music (Cambridge, 1996; Spanish translation 2008), and three books on the music of Adémar de Chabannes, eleventh-century Aquitanian monk.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures List of tables List of musical examples Preface 1. Introduction: musical notation as a symbolic language 2. Plainsong and the origins of musical notation in the west 3. Polyphony and rhythmic notation 4. The transition to the modern era: instrumental music and performing indications 5. Notational nuance in the twentieth century, and the motives for notational innovation Bibliography.
List of figures List of tables List of musical examples Preface 1. Introduction: musical notation as a symbolic language 2. Plainsong and the origins of musical notation in the west 3. Polyphony and rhythmic notation 4. The transition to the modern era: instrumental music and performing indications 5. Notational nuance in the twentieth century, and the motives for notational innovation Bibliography.
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