
An Early Music Dictionary
Musical Terms from British Sources 1500-1740
Graham Strahle(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-521-10690-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this dictionary of early music, Graham Strahle has compiled definitions of musical terms in English as used and understood during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. He includes terms relating to instruments, performance, theory and composition and draws entirely from original printed and manuscript sources in Britain in the period 1500-1740. The first group of sources are lexicographic works, mainly general English dictionaries but also Latin, Italian, French and Spanish dictionaries published in England. These give a representation of continental as well as English music traditions. The second group of sources are musical treatises, performance and composition books and other musical writings. The dictionary reveals how terms and definitions were understood by musicians using their own words. Definitions are grouped in chronological order under the relevant head-word so that changes in meaning can be easily traced.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1314 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-10690-0 (9780521106900)
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Content
Introduction; Dictionary; Appendices; Bibliography.