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Author : James Grier
Release : 2021-02-18
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 161/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Musical Notation in the West by : James Grier
Download or read book Musical Notation in the West written by James Grier. This book was released on 2021-02-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed critical and historical investigation of the development of musical notation as a powerful system of symbolic communication.
Author : Thomas Forrest Kelly
Release : 2015
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 964/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Capturing Music by : Thomas Forrest Kelly
Download or read book Capturing Music written by Thomas Forrest Kelly. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible history of how musicians learned to record music discusses the work of five centuries of religious scholars while demonstrating how people developed methods for measuring rhythm, melody and precise pitch, leading to the technological systems of notation in today's world.
Author : Richard Rastall
Release : 1982-01-01
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 630/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Notation of Western Music by : Richard Rastall
Download or read book The Notation of Western Music written by Richard Rastall. This book was released on 1982-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the principles of musical notation and discusses the development of staff notation from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century
Author : Susan Rankin
Release : 2018-11-08
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 782/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Writing Sounds in Carolingian Europe by : Susan Rankin
Download or read book Writing Sounds in Carolingian Europe written by Susan Rankin. This book was released on 2018-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical notation has not always existed: in the West, musical traditions have often depended on transmission from mouth to ear, and ear to mouth. Although the Ancient Greeks had a form of musical notation, it was not passed on to the medieval Latin West. This comprehensive study investigates the breadth of use of musical notation in Carolingian Europe, including many examples previously unknown in studies of notation, to deliver a crucial foundational model for the understanding of later Western notations. An overview of the study of neumatic notations from the French monastic scholar Dom Jean Mabillon (1632–1707) up to the present day precedes an examination of the function and potential of writing in support of a musical practice which continued to depend on trained memory. Later chapters examine passages of notation to reveal those ways in which scripts were shaped by contemporary rationalizations of musical sound. Finally, the new scripts are situated in the cultural and social contexts in which they emerged.
Author : Nicholas Cook
Release : 2000-02-24
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 413/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Music: A Very Short Introduction by : Nicholas Cook
Download or read book Music: A Very Short Introduction written by Nicholas Cook. This book was released on 2000-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stimulating Very Short Introduction to music invites us to really think about music and the values and qualities we ascribe to it. The world teems with different kinds of music-traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop-and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, Nicholas Cook attempts to provide a framework for thinking about all music. By examining the personal, social, and cultural values that music embodies, the book reveals the shortcomings of traditional conceptions of music, and sketches a more inclusive approach emphasizing the role of performers and listeners. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
