Sounds and signs : aspects of musical notation / by Hugo Cole.

Author/creator Cole, Hugo
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1974.
Descriptionvi, 162 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Part one: The background. Origins and uses of musical notation ; Communication in general ; Communication in music ; Response: how to read music ; The psychology of notation ; Failures of communication -- Part two: The system at work. Lines of approach ; Pitch ; Time ; Dynamics and timbre ; Articulation and phrasing ; Mood, sense, and silence ; Auxiliary notations ; Specialist notations (Ethnomusicologists' notations ; Notation of electronic music) -- Part three: Today and tomorrow. Literary attitudes ; Towards a determinate notation ; Experiment and reform ; Where now?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 74154881
ISBN0193171058
Stock number£1.50

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