Tactus, Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music

Tactus, Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music

DeFord, Ruth I. (Hunter College, City University of New York)

Cambridge University Press

04/2015

518

Dura

Inglês

9781107064720

15 a 20 dias

Ruth I. DeFord offers new interpretations of the writings of Renaissance music theorists on the notation and performance of rhythm. Illustrated with more than 200 music examples, this book provides new analytical insights and performance recommendations for some of the best-known musical repertories of the period.
Introduction; Part I. Theory: 1. Sources of information; 2. Principles of mensural notation; 3. Definitions and descriptions of Tactus; 4. Tactus and rhythm; 5. Tactus and signs in fifteenth-century music theory; 6. Tactus and signs in sixteenth-century music theory; 7. Tactus and tempo; Part II. Practice: 8. The songs of Du Fay; 9. The L'homme arme masses of Ockeghem, Busnoys, and Josquin; 10. The five- and six-voice motets of Josquin; 11. The Choralis Constantinus of Isaac; 12. The masses of Palestrina; 13. The madrigals of Rore; 14. Popular songs and dances; Conclusion.
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