Book Description
A detailed critical and historical investigation of the development of musical notation as a powerful system of symbolic communication.
Author : James Grier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521898161
A detailed critical and historical investigation of the development of musical notation as a powerful system of symbolic communication.
Author : Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393064964
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
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 19,93 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780312579630
Examines the principles of musical notation and discusses the development of staff notation from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century
Author : Susan Rankin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108381782
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
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,17 MB
Release : 2000-02-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 0191606413
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.
Author : Rafael Reina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1317180135
Most classical musicians, whether in orchestral or ensemble situations, will have to face a piece by composers such as Ligeti, Messiaen, Varèse or Xenakis, while improvisers face music influenced by Dave Holland, Steve Coleman, Aka Moon, Weather Report, Irakere or elements from the Balkans, India, Africa or Cuba. Rafael Reina argues that today’s music demands a new approach to rhythmical training, a training that will provide musicians with the necessary tools to face, with accuracy, more varied and complex rhythmical concepts, while keeping the emotional content. Reina uses the architecture of the South Indian Karnatic rhythmical system to enhance and radically change the teaching of rhythmical solfege at a higher education level and demonstrates how this learning can influence the creation and interpretation of complex contemporary classical and jazz music. The book is designed for classical and jazz performers as well as creators, be they composers or improvisers, and is a clear and complete guide that will enable future solfege teachers and students to use these techniques and their methodology to greatly improve their rhythmical skills. An accompanying website of audio examples helps to explain each technique. For examples of composed and improvised pieces by students who have studied this book, as well as concerts by highly acclaimed karnatic musicians, please copy this link to your browser: http://www.contemporary-music-through-non-western-techniques.com/pages/1587-video-recordings
Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486466612
An eminent scholar explores the evolution of music, from the ecstatic singing of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, Rome, and other regions.
Author : Dylan West
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2015-02-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781508533481
How To Read Music With This Simple Guide! Discover The fundamentals of music with basic readingThis guide provides an insight into the fundamental elements of music that the readers should understand. It also gives an idea about how a song is composed and the process to read musical notations. In this way, a reader will learn how to play a song on any musical instrument.This book comprises of tips and techniques that a reader can adopt in order to develop a musical ear. He can learn how to read music and play the song of his choice 7 Reasons to Buy This Book 1. Comprehensive details about reading music2. Convenient to read3.Simple language4.Reasonable price5.Techniques for understanding music6.Develop a taste for music7.Ideal for music lovers Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Basics of music Difference between pitch and sound How to enjoy reading music Variation in scales The effect of timbre Impact of Articulation Reading musical notes Tips to develop a musical ear Dynamics of Music Ghost Notes Difference between interval and rest Exercises to read music Much, much more! Want To Learn More? Take action today and download this book for a limited time discount of only $2.99!Download Your Copy Right Now!
Author : Gardner Read
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 1987-04-03
Category : Music
ISBN :
This is the first book to examine comprehensively the major systems of musical notation proposed during the past three centuries. Illustrating the many attempts to improve upon or replace the traditional system, this important work chronologically lists, describes, and critically analyzes the majority of the proposed reforms that have appeared over the years. No other book now available covers the subject in such depth or detail. It is not only a repository of suggested improvements in notation, but also a historical survey of the efforts made to simplify the standard practices.
Author : Stuart Isacoff
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 11,72 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 0525658645
From the critically acclaimed author of Temperament, a narrative account of the most defining moments in musical history—classical and jazz—all of which forever altered Western culture "A fascinating journey that begins with the origins of musical notation and travels through the centuries reaching all the way to our time.”—Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor and music director of the Czech Philharmonic The invention of music notation by a skittish Italian monk in the eleventh century. The introduction of multilayered hymns in the Middle Ages. The birth of opera in a Venice rebelling against the church’s pious restraints. Baroque, Romantic, and atonal music; bebop and cool jazz; Bach and Liszt; Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In telling the exciting story of Western music’s evolution, Stuart Isacoff explains how music became entangled in politics, culture, and economics, giving rise to new eruptions at every turn, from the early church’s attempts to bind its followers by teaching them to sing in unison to the global spread of American jazz through the Black platoons of the First World War. The author investigates questions like: When does noise become music? How do musical tones reflect the natural laws of the universe? Why did discord become the primary sound of modernity? Musical Revolutions is a book replete with the stories of our most renowned musical artists, including notable achievements of people of color and women, whose paths to success were the most difficult.