Musical notation in the West

by Grier, James

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Title Statements

Full title :Musical notation in the West / James Grier.

Summary

Musical notation is a powerful system of communication between musicians, using sophisticated symbolic, primarily non-verbal means to express musical events in visual symbols. Many musicians take the system for granted, having internalized it and their strategies for reading it and translating it into sound over long years of study and practice. This book traces the development of that system by combining chronological and thematic approaches to show the historical and musical context in which these developments took place. Simultaneously, the book considers the way in which this symbolic language communicates to those literate in it, discussing how its features facilitate or hinder fluent comprehension in the real-time environment of performance. Moreover, the topic of musical as opposed to notational innovation forms another thread of the treatment, as the author investigates instances where musical developments stimulated notational attributes, or notational innovations made practicable advances in musical style.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge [etc.]
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:XVI, 269 str. : : note ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521898164, 0521898161, 9780521726429, 0521726425
oclc:on1303238366

Introduction : musical notation as a symbolic language -- Plainsong and the origins of musical notation in the West -- Polyphony and rhythmic notation -- The transition to the modern era : instrumental music and performing indications -- Notational nuance in the twentieth century and the motives for notational innovation.