Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach Frederick Neumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neumann, Frederick, fl.1986.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Embellishment (Music).

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

3rd print., with corr.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1983.

Summary:

Ornaments play an enormous role in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ambiguities in their notation (as well as their frequent omission in the score) have left doubt as to how composers intended them to be interpreted. Frederick Neumann, himself a violinist and conductor, questions the validity of the rigid principles applied to their performance. In this controversial work, available for the first time in paperback, he argues that strict constraints are inconsistent with the freedom enjoyed by musicians of the period.The author takes an entirely new look at ornamentation, and particularly that of J. S. Bach. He draws on extensive research in England, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States to show that prevailing interpretations are based on inadequate evidence. These restrictive interpretations have been far-reaching in their effect on style. By questioning them, this work continues to stimulate a reorientation in our understandiing of Baroque and post-Baroque music.

Contents:

Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Abbreviations

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 Ornament and Structure

2 The Categories of Musical Ornaments

3 Historical Performance and the Problem of Method

PART II: BAROQUE TRENDS OF ORNAMENTATION

Introduction

4 Italian Developments

5 French Developments

6 German Developments

7 J. S. Bach's Usage

PART III: ONE-NOTE GRACES

Introduction: Vorschlag, Nachschlag, Zwischenschlag, Zusammenschlag

8 The French Port de voix and Coulé: Definition and Character

9 Port de voix and Coulé for Voice and Melody Instruments, 1636-1715

10 Port de voix and Coulé on the Lute and the Keyboard 1615-1715

11 Couperin's Ports de voix and Coulés

12 Port de voix and Coulé, 1715-1775

13 Accent and Chûte

14 Italian One-Note Graces 1590-1710

15 German One-Note Graces, 1620-1715

16 J. S. Bach's One-Note Graces

17 Italian One-Note Graces 1710-1760

18 German One-Note Graces 1715-1765

PART IV: THE SLIDE

Introduction: Two-Note Graces and the Nature of the Slide

19 The French Slide, 1689-1776

20 The Italo-German Slide, 1600-1715

21 J. S. Bach's Slide

22 The Italian Slide, 1710-1760

23 The German Slide 1715-1780

PART V: THE TRILL

Introduction: Designs and Terms

24 The French Trill 1630-1715

25 Couperin's Trill

26 The French Trill, 1715-1785

27 The Italian Trill, 1590-1710

28 The German Trill 1615-1715

29 J. S. Bach's Trill

30 The Italian Trill, 1710-1760

31 The German Trill, 1715-1780

PART VI: THE COMPOUND TRILL

Introduction: Turn-Trill, Slide-Trill, Mordent-Trill

32 The French Compound Trill 1685-1760

33 J. S. Bach s Compound Trill

34 The Italian and German Compound Trill 1715-1780

PART VII: THE MORDENT

Introduction: Types and Designs

35 The French Mordent, 1630-1715

36 The Mordent of Couperin and Later Masters, 1710-1780

37 The Italo-German Mordent 1600-1715

38 J. S. Bach's Mordent

39 The Italian Mordent, 1710-1760

40 The German Mordent, 1715-1765

PART VIII: OTHER SMALL ORNAMENTS

41 The Turn

42 The Zusammenschlag (Acciaccatura)

43 The Anschlag

44 The Arpeggio

45 The Vibrato

PART IX: FREE ORNAMENTATION

46 Free Ornamentation of the French School

47 Free Ornamentation of the Italo-German School in the 17th Century

48 J. S. Bach's Free Ornamentation

49 Free Ornamentation of the Italo-German School, 1700-1775

Postscript: Historical Research and Modern Performance

Appendix: Selective Glossary of Terms and Symbols

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

1e uitg.: 1978.

ISBN:

9780691213347

0691213348

OCLC:

1227051767