Meter in Music, 1600-1800. Performance, Perception, and Notation

Edición original en cartoné de 1987

The treatment of meter in performance has evolved dramatically since 1600. Here is a practical guide for the performer, with many quotations from early manuals and treatises, and abundant examples.

CONTENIDO

Introduction
- 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 MeasureArticulation and as Measure Definition

Appendix: Rhythmopoeia According to Johann Mattheson and Wolfgang Caspar Prinz
Notes, Bibliography and Index