“Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius
Michael Praetorius describes tempo modification in a variety of contexts. Performers changed the speed of the tactus according to text and music, to move the affects, in accordance with dynamics or scoring, to adjust to changes in prevailing note-values, and for reasons of variety. Such practices we...
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description | Michael Praetorius describes tempo modification in a variety of contexts. Performers changed the speed of the tactus according to text and music, to move the affects, in accordance with dynamics or scoring, to adjust to changes in prevailing note-values, and for reasons of variety. Such practices were an important part of performance aesthetics and are confirmed by a number of German and Italian sources. |
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spelling | doaj.art-0cd4ea7222004317958e6d12a0832f2b2022-12-22T02:49:03ZdeuZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCDe Musica Disserenda1854-34052536-26152019-10-01151-2476910.3986/dmd15.1-2.037236“Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around PraetoriusDomen Marinčič0LjubljanaMichael Praetorius describes tempo modification in a variety of contexts. Performers changed the speed of the tactus according to text and music, to move the affects, in accordance with dynamics or scoring, to adjust to changes in prevailing note-values, and for reasons of variety. Such practices were an important part of performance aesthetics and are confirmed by a number of German and Italian sources.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/dmd/article/view/7665michael praetoriustempo modificationtactusperformance practice |
spellingShingle | Domen Marinčič “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius De Musica Disserenda michael praetorius tempo modification tactus performance practice |
title | “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius |
title_full | “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius |
title_fullStr | “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius |
title_full_unstemmed | “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius |
title_short | “Now Quickly, Now Again Slowly”: Tempo Modification in and Around Praetorius |
title_sort | now quickly now again slowly tempo modification in and around praetorius |
topic | michael praetorius tempo modification tactus performance practice |
url | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/dmd/article/view/7665 |
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