Demetrius Cantemir: The Collection of Notations

Demetrius Cantemir: The Collection of Notations

Volume 2: Commentary

Howard, Professor Keith; Wright, Professor Owen

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2000

620

Dura

Inglês

9780754602811

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Demetrius Cantemir has several reputations, for Romanians he is a national cultural figure; on the intellectual map of 18th-century Europe he is seen as an important historian; and in Turkey, he is recognized for his music. This text examines Cantemir's life and studies his work in these fields.
Contents: Part 1: Prelude: Life; Context; Text; Part 2: Mode: Approaches; Modes 1-4; The buselik group; The hicaz group; the acem group; the irak group; the segAch group; the rast group; High-register modes; The ussak group; neva; The hA1/4seyni group; Unnamed material; Structures and classifications; Modulation; Part 3: Rhythm: Introduction; Metrical structures; The repertoire of cycles; Typology and formulae; Internal sequences; Melodic mapping; Tempo Part 4: Postlude: Introduction; Form; Diachronic strata; Appendix; List of works consulted; Indexes.