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Byzantine Neumes
Christian Troelsgard
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Description for Byzantine Neumes
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, 22 plates, 65 musical examples & 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 798.
The medieval chant of Byzantium is but little-known, although a large body of music has been preserved in neumatic notation. Coming into use about AD 1150, the Middle Byzantine musical notation is the earliest notational type of Byzantium that can be transcribed with reasonable accuracy; the musical content of manuscripts earlier than c. 1150 can only be fully understood through Middle Byzantine versions. The book discusses such topics as chant transmission before the neumes, the varieties of Byzantine musical notations, words and music in Byzantine chant, Byzantine and Western neumatic notations, modes, melody and intervals, but its purpose above all ... Read more
The medieval chant of Byzantium is but little-known, although a large body of music has been preserved in neumatic notation. Coming into use about AD 1150, the Middle Byzantine musical notation is the earliest notational type of Byzantium that can be transcribed with reasonable accuracy; the musical content of manuscripts earlier than c. 1150 can only be fully understood through Middle Byzantine versions. The book discusses such topics as chant transmission before the neumes, the varieties of Byzantine musical notations, words and music in Byzantine chant, Byzantine and Western neumatic notations, modes, melody and intervals, but its purpose above all ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
798g
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763531580
SKU
V9788763531580
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99-1
About Christian Troelsgard
Christian Troelsgard is associate professor at the Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen.
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