The art of musical phrasing in the eighteenth century : punctuating the classical "period" / Stephanie D. Vial.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vial, Stephanie.

Series:

Eastman studies in music 1071-9989 ; v. 55.

Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [v. 55]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music)--History--18th century.

Performance practice (Music).

History.

Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Music.

Musical notation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 358 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1. Establishing an historical perspective: Musical punctuation, the analogy ; A surprisingly complex and lively picture of pointing theory ; Musical "resting points of the spirit"

Part 2. The art of interpreting rests: Written and unwritten rests ; Punctuation vs. articulation ; Affective punctuation

Part 3. Case studies in musical punctuation: Musical prose F. W. Marpurg's essay on the punctuation of recitative ; Musical verse Johann Mattheson's "curious specimen" of a punctuated minuet

Afterword

Appendix A: Translation of Marpurg's Lessons on musical punctuation, from His Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, vol. 2

Appendix B: Chronological chart of punctuation references.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-341) and index.

ISBN:

9781580460347

1580460348

OCLC:

191090249