Prince Dimitrie Cantemir
Subtitle: theorist and composer of Turkish music
By: Eugenia Popescu-Judetz.
Contributors: Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pan
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.; Music theory -- Turkey.; Music -- Turkey -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-224).
Includes fifty musical compositions attributed to Cantemir and considered authentic by the author (p. 97-215).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION; title: Dimitrie Beizade in Istanbul; title: Cultural and Political Environment; title: Musical Life and Entertainment; title: Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia; title: Exile in Russia; title: PART ONE; title: THE TREATISE (Edvar I); title: The Manuscript; title: The New Theory; title: 1. Methodology; title: 2. Notation; title: 3. Rhythm and Measure; title: 4. Melodic Modes; title: 5. Consonance and Dissonance; title: 6. Taksim in all Modes; title: Later Versions of the Treatise; title: PART TWO; title: THE COMPOSITIONS; title: Repertoire; title: Melodic Features; title: Rhythmic Motives; title: Variants.