Music Notation A Brief History
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Tibetan chant Info conveyed: Pitch contour Vocal articulation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Byzantine chant Info conveyed: Intervallic contour Vocal articulation? Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Byzantine chant Info conveyed in transcription: Intervallic contour Pitch? Vocal articulation? Meter? Barring?? Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Koto instruction manual (1817) Info conveyed: String number Ornament Stroke Beat (instrument) Vocal syllable Ikta school Vertical notation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Machaut: rhymed love song (c. 1350) Info conveyed: Specific pitch Relative duration Lyrics Rhyme scheme Library of Congress Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Josquin: Missa Beata Vergine (c 1500) Info conveyed: Specific pitch Specific duration Lyrics (underspecified) Polyphonic music Four parts in one view Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Illuminated Hymnal Info conveyed: Specific pitch Specific duration Lyrics Symbol of patronage Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Ockeghem: Missa Ecce Ancilla (c. 1475) Message; patronage Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Chant MS (1513) Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Lute tablature (Capirola Lute Book, 1517) Info conveyed: 1. String number 2. Fret number 3. Relative duration Newberry Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Frescobaldi Keyboard Music (Rome, c. 1620) Keyboard layout Vatican Library Tablature-like staves Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Landi: Sant’Alessio (1634) Info conveyed is for the “chorus”: Music, text, choreography, scenery Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Bach canon (1713) Info conveyed Transportable pitch Exact duration Instructions for polyphonic realization Canon subject: Monophonic nucleus of polyphonic work Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Vivaldi: Sonata RV 779 (c. 1716) Chamber sonata Score for chamber music (violin, oboe, optional chalumeau, organ) Dresden: Landesbibliothek Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Handel: Jephtha (1752) Working draft Info conveyed: Pitch Duration Lyrics Dynamics Revisions Opera/oratorio Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Mozart: Sketch of Clarinet Concerto K622 (1791) Composer’s sketch book Info conveyed: General ideas Core thematic ideas Abbreviated notation British Library Concerto Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Chopin MS (c. 1830) Working draft Info conveyed: Pitch Duration Note groupings Beams Slurs 4. Dedication 5. Revisions Univ. So. Calif. Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (1830) Working draft Info conveyed: Pitch Duration Articulation Dynamics Slurs Revisions Bodleian Library, Oxford Orchestral score Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Mahler: Unfinished Symphony (1908) Sketch: Info conveyed: General plan for orchestration Thematic ideas Salutation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Bussotti (1979) Analytical score Info conveyed: pitch contour, dynamics, beams, syllables, timbral effects Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field Synoptic View Most important features vary by Repertory Period Performing resources Intended user Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field