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From the origin of neumes in the ninth century to the rhythmic developments of the Ars Nova period in the fourteenth century, each musical period collaborated with the foundation of oral tradition to create and adapt notational forms.
- Hope R Strayer
- 2013
Apr 4, 2023 · Musings: Two Sides of Music Notation: an outline of music history, an overview of the medieval music mutation, the development of methods for pitch and rhythm notation, the interpretation of music, the intact origins of popular music improvisation, and the development of modern sound recording techniques.
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Timeline: Leading up to and through the Middle Ages. 300-400 CE, 4th century: Founding of the monastic movement in Christianity; Further refinement of musical notation, including notation for rhythm; 300-900 CE, 4th–9th centuries: Development/codification of Christian chant; ca. 400 CE: St. Augustine writes about church music; ca. 450 CE ...
It is known that sections of some 15th-century two-part vocal music were enhanced by an extempore third part, in a technique called fauxbourdon; the notation of the 15th-century basse danse consisted of only a single line of unmeasured long notes, evidently used by the performing group of three instrumentalists for improvisation, much as a ...
Aug 4, 2018 · Bent, Margaret. “ The Fourteenth-Century Italian Motet ,” in L’ars nova italiana del Trecento VI, ed. Cattin, Giulio. Certaldo: Polis, 1992, 85 – 125. Google Scholar. Bent, Margaret. “ A Note on the Dating of the Trémoïlle Manuscript ,” in Beyond the Moon: Festschrift Luther Dittmer, ed. Gillingham, Bryan and Merkley, Paul ...
For polyphonic music a five-line staff became standard by the 14th century, but keyboard music in some countries used six- or seven-line staves as late as the mid-17th century. During the 12th century, in northern and northeastern France the thin, curved lines of neumes were drawn more thickly at the points corresponding to the separate notes ...
Apr 1, 2013 · From the origin of neumes in the ninth century to the rhythmic developments of the Ars Nova period in the fourteenth century, the evolution of music notation progressed as series of innovations that worked alongside oral traditions to meet the musical demands of each period.
- Hope R Strayer
- 2013
