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Meter in Music, 1600-1800
Performance, Perception, and Notation
- Author: Houle, George
Meter in Music, 1600-1800
Performance, Perception, and Notation
- Author: Houle, George
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"All practising musicians with an interest in the baroque owe it to themselves to be exposed to the ideas contained in this book." —Continuo
"This is a book from an excellent musician in the early field who turns out also to be a most persistent scholar . . . " —Early Music
" . . . the book offers a vast quantity of data from a wide range of sources. . . . George Houle is to be congratulated for his honest presentation of the entire spectrum." —Music Educators Journal
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.
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Origins of the Measure in the Seventeenth Century
- 2. Time Signatures in the Eighteenth Century
- 3. Rhythmopoeia: Quantitative Meters in Poetry and Music
- 4. Quantitas Intrinseca: The Perception of Meter
- 5. Articulation of Quantitative Meter
- 6. Accent as Measure Articulation and as Measure Definition
- Appendix: Rhythmopoeia according to Johann Mattheson and Wolfgang Caspar Printz
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
