Tactus, Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music

Ruth I. DeFord offers new insights on Renaissance theories of rhythm and their application to the analysis and performance of music.

Table des matières

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 armé 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.

A propos de l'auteur

Ruth I. DeFord is Professor Emerita of Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her principal areas of research are the Italian madrigal and canzonetta and music theory of the Renaissance. She has edited the canzoni of Giovanni Ferretti and the canzonettas of Orazio Vecchi for A-R Editions. Her articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ruth I. Deford, Ruth I. (Hunter College Deford, DeFord Ruth I.
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107637023
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63702-3
• Pages: 516
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Autres; Music, MUSIC / General, Theory of music & musicology, Renaissance style, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Medieval style