The Critical Nexus : Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music.

Charles M. Atkinson
Bok · Engelsk · 2008 · Electronic books.

Omfang	1 online resource (321 pages)
Opplysninger	Intro -- Contens -- Note on Abbreviations and Nomenclature for Pitch -- Prologue -- 1. The Heritage of Antiquity -- PART I. THE EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES -- 2. The Reception of Ancient Texts in the Carolingian Era -- 3. The Heritage of the Church -- PART II. THE SYNTHESIS OF ANCIENT GREEK THEORY AND MEDIEVAL PRACTICE -- 4. Hucbald of St.Amand and Regino of Prüm -- 5. Alia musica -- 6. Pseudo-Bernelinus, Bern of Reichenau, Pseudo-Odo, and Guido d'Arezzo -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Chants and Manuscripts -- Chants -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Manuscripts -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.. - The Critical Nexus is the first book to trace the development of the notational matrix of Western music from Antiquity to the fourteenth century. It shows how principles of ancient Greek theory were grafted onto medieval practice, leading to a theory of both tone-system and mode, and a concomitant system of musical notation, that is uniquely Western.
Emner	Music theory -- History -- 500-1400. Music theory -- History -- To 500 -- Influence.
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	781.263
ISBN	9780199722389
ISBN(galt)	9780195148886