Jeppeson Knud (10 results)

Condition: Good. The greatest Renaissance creator of liturgical music, the revered sixteenth-century composer known as Palestrina wrote works that served for centuries as models of counterpoint. Until The Style of Palestrina and the Dissonance, theoreticians seldom closely analyzed the composer s work to discover its fundamental elements, including the handling of rhythm, line, and harmony.Beginning chapters discuss the standard use of rhythm and mensuration in Palestrina s time, the ecclesiastical modes, and treatment of words. Author Knud Jeppesen proceeds to explore Palestrina s music in terms of the elements that constitute his personal style, isolating unusual vertical lines and establishing common and uncommon interval skips and rhythmic accents.The heart of the book presents a modern empirical treatment of dissonance. Palestrina's contrapuntal technique forged new harmonic devices, placing dissonance on unaccented beats and highlighting text in very unorthodox ways for his time. These new uses of dissonance and resolution are explored in meticulous detail. In addition, Jeppesen includes a complete history of the evolving concept and treatment of dissonance before Palestrina, including quotations from the earliest theoretical works and numerous musical examples that illustrate the practices of Palestrina s predecessors.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. The greatest Renaissance creator of liturgical music, the revered sixteenth-century composer known as Palestrina wrote works that served for centuries as models of counterpoint. Until The Style of Palestrina and the Dissonance, theoreticians seldom closely analyzed the composer s work to discover its fundamental elements, including the handling of rhythm, line, and harmony.Beginning chapters discuss the standard use of rhythm and mensuration in Palestrina s time, the ecclesiastical modes, and treatment of words. Author Knud Jeppesen proceeds to explore Palestrina s music in terms of the elements that constitute his personal style, isolating unusual vertical lines and establishing common and uncommon interval skips and rhythmic accents.The heart of the book presents a modern empirical treatment of dissonance. Palestrina's contrapuntal technique forged new harmonic devices, placing dissonance on unaccented beats and highlighting text in very unorthodox ways for his time. These new uses of dissonance and resolution are explored in meticulous detail. In addition, Jeppesen includes a complete history of the evolving concept and treatment of dissonance before Palestrina, including quotations from the earliest theoretical works and numerous musical examples that illustrate the practices of Palestrina s predecessors.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 302 Pp. Red Cloth. Wear With Points Of Fraying At Some Corners, Spine Gilt Worn And Barely Readable, Trace Of Damp Staining Right Along Fore Edges Of Last Few Pages.

octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, xvii + 302pp, VG (minor markings) in VG d/w (minor markings and tears to extremities).

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing, previous owner name in pen to f.f.e.p. and title page, othwerwise pages clean and bright. Rubbing and light soiling to cloth boards. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

First Edition. 1st UK edition. Text clean; binding tight; dust jacket spine browned, & a little worn Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.