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Music Notation

Music Notation. A Brief History. Tibetan chant. Info conveyed: Pitch contour Vocal articulation. Byzantine chant. Info conveyed: Intervallic contour Vocal articulation?. Byzantine chant. Info conveyed in transcription: Intervallic contour Pitch? Vocal articulation? Meter? Barring??.

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Music Notation

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  1. Music Notation A Brief History

  2. Tibetan chant • Info conveyed: • Pitch contour • Vocal articulation 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  3. Byzantine chant • Info conveyed: • Intervallic contour • Vocal articulation? 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  4. Byzantine chant • Info conveyed in transcription: • Intervallic contour • Pitch? • Vocal articulation? • Meter? • Barring?? 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  5. Koto instruction manual (1817) • Info conveyed: • String number • Ornament • Stroke • Beat (instrument) • Vocal syllable Ikta school Vertical notation 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  6. Machaut: rhymed love song (c. 1350) • Info conveyed: • Specific pitch • Relative duration • Lyrics • Rhyme scheme Library of Congress 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  7. Josquin: Missa Beata Vergine (c 1500) • Info conveyed: • Specific pitch • Specific duration • Lyrics (underspecified) Polyphonic music Four parts in one view 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  8. Illuminated Hymnal • Info conveyed: • Specific pitch • Specific duration • Lyrics • Symbol of patronage Vatican Library 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  9. Ockeghem: Missa Ecce Ancilla (c. 1475) Message; patronage Vatican Library 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  10. Chant MS (1513) Vatican Library 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  11. Lute tablature (Capirola Lute Book, 1517) Info conveyed: 1. String number 2. Fret number 3. Relative duration Newberry Library 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  12. Frescobaldi Keyboard Music(Rome, c. 1620) Keyboard layout Vatican Library Tablature-like staves 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  13. Landi: Sant’Alessio (1634) Info conveyed is for the “chorus”: Music, text, choreography, scenery 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  14. Bach canon (1713) • Info conveyed • Transportable pitch • Exact duration • Instructions for polyphonic realization Canon subject: Monophonic nucleus of polyphonic work 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  15. Vivaldi: Sonata RV 779 (c. 1716) Chamber sonata Score for chamber music (violin, oboe, optional chalumeau, organ) Dresden: Landesbibliothek 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  16. Handel: Jephtha (1752) • Working draft • Info conveyed: • Pitch • Duration • Lyrics • Dynamics • Revisions Opera/oratorio 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  17. Mozart: Sketch of Clarinet Concerto K622 (1791) • Composer’s sketch book • Info conveyed: • General ideas • Core thematic ideas • Abbreviated notation British Library Concerto 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  18. Chopin MS (c. 1830) • Working draft • Info conveyed: • Pitch • Duration • Note groupings • Beams • Slurs • 4. Dedication • 5. Revisions Univ. So. Calif. 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  19. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (1830) • Working draft • Info conveyed: • Pitch • Duration • Articulation • Dynamics • Slurs • Revisions Bodleian Library, Oxford Orchestral score 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  20. Mahler: Unfinished Symphony (1908) • Sketch: • Info conveyed: • General plan for orchestration • Thematic ideas • Salutation 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  21. Bussotti (1979) Analytical score Info conveyed: pitch contour, dynamics, beams, syllables, timbral effects 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

  22. Synoptic View • Most important features vary by • Repertory • Period • Performing resources • Intended user 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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