Mensuration and Proportion Signs: Origins and Evolution
- Author: Berger, Anna Maria Busse
Probably essential reading for scholars and, in particular, performers specializing in music of the 14th to the 16th century —
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Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Representation and Interpretation of Mensuration Signs
- 2. The Origins of the Mensural System and Mensuration Signs
- 3. The Relationship between Perfect and Imperfect Time
- 4. The Relationship between Major and Minor Prolation
- 5. Diminution by Stroke and by Mode Signs
- 6. Proportion Signs
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Index of Signs
- Bibliography
- Index of Compositions
- General Index