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1 Music Notation A Brief History

2 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Tibetan chant Info conveyed: Pitch contour Vocal articulation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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Byzantine chant Info conveyed: Intervallic contour Vocal articulation? Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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Byzantine chant Info conveyed in transcription: Intervallic contour Pitch? Vocal articulation? Meter? Barring?? Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

5 Koto instruction manual (1817)
Info conveyed: String number Ornament Stroke Beat (instrument) Vocal syllable Ikta school Vertical notation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

6 Machaut: rhymed love song (c. 1350)
Info conveyed: Specific pitch Relative duration Lyrics Rhyme scheme Library of Congress Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

7 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

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Illuminated Hymnal Info conveyed: Specific pitch Specific duration Lyrics Symbol of patronage Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

9 Ockeghem: Missa Ecce Ancilla (c. 1475)
Message; patronage Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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Chant MS (1513) Vatican Library Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

11 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

12 Frescobaldi Keyboard Music (Rome, c. 1620)
Keyboard layout Vatican Library Tablature-like staves Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

13 Landi: Sant’Alessio (1634)
Info conveyed is for the “chorus”: Music, text, choreography, scenery Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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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

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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

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Handel: Jephtha (1752) Working draft Info conveyed: Pitch Duration Lyrics Dynamics Revisions Opera/oratorio Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

17 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

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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

19 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

20 Mahler: Unfinished Symphony (1908)
Sketch: Info conveyed: General plan for orchestration Thematic ideas Salutation Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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Bussotti (1979) Analytical score Info conveyed: pitch contour, dynamics, beams, syllables, timbral effects Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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Synoptic View Most important features vary by Repertory Period Performing resources Intended user Music 253 2010 Eleanor Selfridge-Field

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