The origins of western notation / Constantin Floros ; revised and translated by Neil Moran with a report on The Reception of the Universale Neumenkunde, 1970-2010.

Author/creator Floros, Constantin
Other author Moran, Neil K., editor, translator.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2011.
Descriptionxvi, 405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Neumes.
Musical notation.

Uniform titleUniversale Neumenkunde. English
Contents The relationship between Byzantine and Latin neumes. Previous theories. Hypotheses on the origins of the neumes ; The theories of Lambillotte, Riemann and Fleischer ; Thibaut's thesis ; The position of Peter Wagner ; The views of the school of Solesme ; The standpoint of Jammers ; Problems of the material. -- Methodologies. Fundamentals ; Criticism of Thibaut's preuves ; Opinions on the Greek names of Latin neumes ; Introduction to the new methodology: prerequisites for the onomatological, semiographical and semasiological investigations. -- Classification of the Latin neumes. The modern systematic typologies. Dom Pothier ; Dom Dechevrens ; Dom Mocquereau ; P. Wagner ; Dom Sũnol ; Dom Ferretti ; Dom Huglo ; E. Jammers. -- Classification of the Medieval theorists. The individual classes of neumes ; The relationship of the Latin classification to the Byzantine ; The new classification ; Latin sources -- The neumae simplices and the tonoi haploi. Virga and Oxeia ; Clivis and Bareia ; Punctum and Kentema, 'Virga jacens' or 'Traculus' and Oligon or straight Ison ; Apostropha and Apostrophos. -- The neumae compositae and the tonoi synthetoi. Combinations involving doublings or triplings ; Ligatures -- Byzantine parallels to the Latin ornamental neumes. Introduction ; Quilisma (tremula), Tromikon and Antrichisma ; Oriscus and Hyporrhoe ; Pes quassus and Seisma I ; Salicus and Choreuma ; Gutturalis -- The notae semivocales and the hemiphona introduction. Introduction ; Hemivocales ('Epiphonus') and Hemiphonon, Semitonus, Hemitonion, Franculus and Klasma ; Byzantine parallels to the Cephalicus ; Conclusions. -- The Litterae significativae and the Byzantine grammata. Introduction ; Previous hypotheses about the origins ; Relationship between the Litterae and the Grammata ; The equivalent designations of the tone levels ; Previous interpretations of the rhythmic litterae suprascriptae in relationship to theories about Gregorian rhythm ; The equivalent rhythmic letter abbreviations ; Other abbreviations ; Origin, development and evolution of the litterae significativae. -- The names of the Latin neumes. Problems ; Typology of the nomina notarum ; Borrowed Middle Greek and original Latin nomina ; The Hellenized and especially Ancient Greek nomina ; The relationship of the tabulae neumarum and the contributions of the interpolators ; The age of the nomenclature. -- The origin of Latin chant notation. Introduction ; The presumed differences between Byzantine and Latin neumatic notation ; The relationship of Early Byzantine neumes to the Latin 'accent' and 'point' neumes ; The Byzantine Origin of the nota romana ; The actual differences between Latin and Paleo-Byzantine neumatic notation ; The age of the nota romana ; Other conclusions. -- The Byzantine origin of the Latin Dodekaechos -- Notker's Ellinici fratres -- St. Gall: centre for the cultivation of an artistically nuanced ornamented chant tradition identical and corresponding Latin, Byzantine and Slavic neumes, figures and formula -- Identical and corresponding Latin, Byzantine and Slavic neumes, tone figures and formulas. -- "History of the Reception fo the Universale Neumenkunde, 1970-2010" / Neil Moran ; "Forty years after Constantin Floros' Universale Neumenkunde: some new insights" / Luca Ricossa.
Abstract Modern music notation developed out of the so-called square notation and this out of the Latin neumes. The question of where these neumes came from has long been the subject of scholarly debate. As the author demonstrated in his three-volume Universale Neumenkunde published in German in 1970, there is a very close relationship between the Paleo-Byzantine notation and the Latin neumes. Although the study aroused a great deal of dispute, more recent studies have revealed that the relevance of the Neumenkunde remains essentially unchallenged after 40 years. Those path-breaking research results on the relationship of the Greek and Latin notational systems are now available for the first time in a completely revised and augmented English translation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-395) and index.
LCCN 2011007080
ISBN9783631615591
ISBN3631615590

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Music Music Stacks ML174.F6213 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold