The Critical Nexus Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music |
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| Author:
| Atkinson, Charles M. |
| Series title: | AMS Studies in Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-514888-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.00 |
Book Description:
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The Critical Nexus is the first book to trace the development of the notational matrix of Western music from Antiquity to the fourteenth century. It shows how principles of ancient Greek theory were grafted onto medieval practice, leading to a theory of both tone-system and mode, and a concomitant system of musical notation, that is uniquely Western.
The Critical Nexus is the first book to trace the development of the notational matrix of Western music from Antiquity to the fourteenth century. It shows how principles of ancient Greek theory were grafted onto medieval practice, leading to a theory of both tone-system and mode, and a concomitant system of musical notation, that is uniquely Western.