Writing Sounds in Carolingian Europe: The Invention of Musical Notation

ISBN-13: 9781108421409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 426 str.

Susan Rankin

Opis

This comprehensive study of musical notation from early medieval Europe provides a crucial new foundational model for understanding later Western notations.

Recenzje

'… offers a clear advance in knowledge and a much improved foundation for advanced discussions.' Roman Deutinger, Deutschen Archiv

Spis treści

Part I. Musical Literacy: 1. Writing music; 2. Palaeographical study of neumatic notations (from 1681 to the present); 3. Music notations 800-900: the evidence; Part II. Music Scripts: 4. Graphic techniques and strategies; 5. Frankish scripts; 6. Lotharingian and Breton scripts; 7. Palaeofrankish script; 8. Music scripts: conclusions; Part III. Writing Sound: 9. Signs and meaning; 10. Writing music: accents; 11. The Carolingian invention of music writing.