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Tactus, mensuration and rhythm in Renaissance music /

Ruth DeFord's book explores how tactus, mensuration, and rhythm were employed to articulate form and shape in the period from c.1420 to c.1600. Divided into two parts, the book examines the theory and practice of rhythm in relation to each other to offer new interpretations of the writings of R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeFord, Ruth I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge EBA Collection
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theory. Sources of information ; Principles of mensural notation ; Definitions and descriptions of tactus ; Tactus and rhythm ; Tactus and signs in fifteenth-century music theory ; Tactus and signs in sixteenth-century music theory ; Tactus and tempo
  • Practice. The songs of Du Fay ; The L'homme armâe masses of Ockeghem, Busnoys, and Josquin ; The five- and six-voice motets of Josquin ; The Choralis Constantinus of Isaac ; The masses of Palestrina ; The madrigals of Rore ; Popular songs and dances.