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

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

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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: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Takt.
Metriek.
Uitvoeringspraktijk.
Performance practice (Music)
Musical notation.
Musical meter and rhythm.
Musique > 18e siecle > Interpretation.
Musique > 17e siecle > Interpretation.
Musique > Notation.
Musique > Mesure et rythme.
Performance practice (Music) > 18th century.
Performance practice (Music) > 17th century.
Performance practice (Music) > History > 18th century.
Performance practice (Music) > History > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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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.

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