Tempo and Tactus in the German Baroque: Treatises, Scores, and the Performance of Organ Music

Author:   Julia Dokter ,  Emeritus Professor Ralph P. Locke (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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9781648250187


Pages:   544
Publication Date:   30 April 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Julia Dokter ,  Emeritus Professor Ralph P. Locke (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   University of Rochester Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781648250187


ISBN 10:   1648250181
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   30 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Notes to the Reader Introduction The Foundation of German Baroque Tempo Theory: Michael Praetorius Duple Meter Triple and Compound Meter: Proportional Relationships ""2"" and Blackened/Whitened Notation Beat Patterns and Tempo Source Excerpts Tempo Words The Functional Equivalency of Integer Valor Duple Meters in Later Seventeenth-Century Organ Music Stylus Phantasticus Differentiations Between Various Integer Valor Duple Meters in Johann Sebastian Bach's Music The Large Allabreve and the Kirnbergian Small Allabreve Triple Meter and Tempo Words Case Studies Final Remarks, Summary, and Synthesis"

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This is a book that many of us have been waiting for: one that tackles the frustrating problem of tempo and meter in the Baroque era with scrupulous scholarship, a clear-eyed sense of limits, and the perspective of a practicing musician. Her book is very relevant to interpreting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her concern is with relative tempo, which allows a range of reasonable tempi for any given work. There is so much information here concerning specific meters and their historical development that anyone who can digest it all will approach the music of the German Baroque with new understanding, conviction, and a sense of freedom. -- Raymond Erickson * EARLY MUSIC AMERICA *


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JULIA DOKTER is an Instructor of Music History at Georgia State University. She holds a Ph.D. from Universiteit Utrecht, a DMus in organ performance, an MMus in organ performance and an M.A. in music theory, all from McGill University. Before moving to Atlanta, Dokter was the organist and music director at Trinity United Church (Toronto) and First Baptist Church (Montreal).

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