Klarinet Archive - Posting 000365.txt from 2000/10

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] how long does a note last?
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 08:32:13 -0400

Karl Krelove wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Glenn [mailto:notestaff@-----.de]
> > Fascinating! My pupils have more often asked what that "C" means. All I
> > know to
> > tell them is that it's another way to write (or an abbreviation for) 4/4
> > time.
> >
> > When was this circle and broken circle used? Middle ages?
> >
> >
> There's a longish (for a dictionary) article in the Harvard Dictionary of
> Music about mensural notation that dates its use between about 1250 and 1600
> AD. There were further elaborations of the circle depending on the type
> (duple or triple) of subdivision used.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

+++++++++++++++++++++++
Thanks Karl! I don't find anything in what I have here at home. Have to visit
the library again...

David

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