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EBOOK Critical Nexus:Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199882045
EAN: 3ABE10CEEB
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2008
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The Critical Nexus confronts an important and vexing enigma of early writings on        music: why chant, which was understood to be divinely inspired, needed to be altered        in order to work within the then-operative modal system. To unravel this mystery,        Charles Atkinson creates a broad framework that moves from Greek harmonic theory to        the various stages in the transmission of Roman chant, citing numerous music        treatises from the sixth to the twelfth century. Out of this examination emerges the        central point behind the problem: the tone-system advocated by writers coming from        the Greek harmonic tradition was not suited to the notation of chant and that this        basic incompatibility led to the creation of new theoretical constructs. By tracing        the path of subsequent adaptation at the nexus of tone-system, mode, and notation,        Atkinson promises new and far-reaching insights into what mode meant to the medieval        musician and how the system responded to its inherent limitations.Through a detailed        examination of the major musical treatises from the sixth through the twelfth        centuries, this text establishes a central dichotomy between classical harmonic        theory and the practices of the Christian church. Atkinson builds the foundation for        a broad and original reinterpretation of the modal system and how it relates to        melody, grammar, and notation. This book will be of interest to all musicologists,        music theorists working on mode, early music specialists, chant scholars, and        medievalists interested in music.

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