The art of musical phrasing in the eighteenth century
Subtitle: punctuating the classical period
By: Stephanie D. Vial.
Series: Eastman studies in music -- v. 55
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rochester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781580460347
Subjects: Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 18th century; Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); Musical notation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Establishing an historical perspective: Musical punctuation, the analogy ; A surprisingly complex and lively picture of pointing theory ; Musical "resting points of the spirit"; title: Part 2. The art of interpreting rests: Written and unwritten rests ; Punctuation vs. articulation ; Affective punctuation; title: Part 3. Case studies in musical punctuation: Musical prose F. W. Marpurg's essay on the punctuation of recitative ; Musical verse Johann Mattheson's "curious specimen" of a punctuated minuet; title: Afterword; title: Appendix A: Translation of Marpurg's Lessons on musical punctuation, from His Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, vol. 2; title: Appendix B: Chronological chart of punctuation.