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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Music theorist"”.
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Study of Figura in Gradual, MS Perkins 4 at Denison Library, Scripps College
… Master of Morgan 85. MS Perkins 4 contains the music and text for the proper Roman Catholic mass during the liturgical calendar from Maundy Thursday to the Fifth Sunday after the Easter Vigil of Pentecost. The manuscript is distinguished by a large number of illuminated initials with rich …
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Descartes' Letters to Pere marin Mersenne, Le Minime, on the Science of Sound and Music, 1629-40
… influential to the history of acoustics and music theory, directly or indirectly. They include Compendium musicae (1618), Traité de l'homme (1632), Discours de la méthode and La dioptrique (1637), and Les passions de l'ame (1649). This thesis also represents the only translation of all …
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The Theory and Practice of Composition in the English Restoration Period
… was a period of considerable upheaval in English music, not only because the political instability of the time altered the way musicians were employed, but also because the era saw fundamental changes in the construction and perception of music. The most important of these was a transition between …
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Automatic concept learning via information lattices
… theory and algorithms through concrete examples. Music is used for demonstration and automatic music concept learning is thoroughly studied. This part details the implementation of MUS-ROVER, an automatic music theorist that distills music composition rules from sheet music. To better support …
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The Musical Realism of Leoš Janáček : From Speech Melodies to a Theory of Composition
… the Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854 1928) as a music theorist. The general aim of the study is to examine the composer's aesthetics and compositional style in the light of his theoretical writings. These writings consist of versatile articles and autographs (including also drafts for lectures) …
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Magic, astrology and music: the background to Marsilio Ficino's astrological music therapy and his role as a Renaissance magus
… his own attitudes towards magic, astrology and music. Chapter one is concerned with aspects of xnusica inundana as represented by Ficino's three main authorities, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus and Plotinus. Firstly I present the fundamental ideas underlying Ficino's mode of thought and musical …
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George Russell's Jazz Workshop: The Composer's Style and Original Methods of 1956
… contributes to knowledge of George Russell’s musical compositions and illustrates the creative methods of his 1956 work for small jazz ensemble. This body of work consisted of twelve pieces for the RCA Victor album The Jazz Workshop: George Russell and His Smalltet and three pieces …