Rhythm in seventeenth-century Italian monody : with an anthology of songs and dances / Putnam Aldrich.

Author/creator Aldrich, Putnam
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Norton, [©1966]
Description188 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
Subjects
Songs, Italian--History and criticism.
Songs--16th century. --History and criticism.
Songs--17th century. --History and criticism.
Dance music--Italy. --History and criticism.
Musical meter and rhythm.
Music--17th century.
Music--Performance.

Contents The problem. Musical performance and musical notation ; Poetry, music, and dance in the early seventeenth century ; The nature of musical rhythm ; Notations and transcriptions -- Musical notation in Italy in the seventeenth century. Theoretical sources ; The four tempi ; Numbers and proportions ; Prolations ; Incomplete signatures -- The relation of tactus to meter. Tactus aequalis ; Tactus inaequalis ; Hemiola ; Changes of signature -- The relation of dance movements to musical rhythm. Sources of information ; The metric structure of dance strains ; Rhythmic patterns in music and dance ; Ballo rhythms ; Gagliarda rhythms ; Corrente rhythms -- The relation of verse rhythm to musical rhythm. The nature of Italian versification ; Ottonario rhythms ; Quinario rhythms ; Senario rhythms ; Settenario rhytms ; Summary -- Anthology of Italian songs and dances. Notes on the transcriptions -- Songs in Ottonario meter. Di quell nudo pargoletto / Antonio Brunelli -- Non ha'l Ciel cotanti lumi / Giulio Caccini -- Pastorella ove ti ascondi / Domenico Visconti -- Pastorella ove ti ascondi / Filippo Vitali -- Qui vedro quel chiaro sole / Martino Pesenti -- Songs in settenario meter. Io pur deggio partire / Vincenzo Calestani -- Accorta lusinghiera / Vincenzo Calestani -- Non havea Febo ancora / Antonio Brunelli -- Pastor' levate su / Marco da Gagliano -- Songs in quinario meter. Non vuoi ch'io t'ami / Domenico Visconti -- Ah, Ladra d'Amore / Giovan Batista da Gagliano -- Songs in scenario meter. Gioite gioite / Giovan Batista da Gagliano -- Fuggi fuggi fuggi da questo cielo / Giuseppino del Biabo -- Tu piangi al mio partire / Antonio Brunelli.
Abstract An analysis for study and performance, with an anthology of 14 complete songs and dances.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 135-136).
Other titleItalian monody.
LCCN 64013989

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML290.2.A4 R5 1966 ✔ Available Place Hold