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Symbolic Scores

Studies in the Music of the Renaissance

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ID8073682
AuthorsWillem Elders (corresponding author)
Year1994
Publication date1994-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSymbolic Scores (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004617179
OpenAlexW4390730698
ISBN9789004617179
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Symbolic Scores is the first monograph on Renaissance music devoted to discussing more than 150 compositions which involve symbolism inspired by ideas and themes inherent in the musical culture of the time. The introduction describes the historical and theoretical premises of the use of the terms 'allegory', 'sign', and 'symbol', and goes into the aspect of number symbolism as well as the aims, limits, and principles of musico-symbolical analysis. Other studies concentrate on Dufay and Josquin, deal with the symbolical application of soggetto ostinato and canon technique, or treat such themes as music for the dead and the Holy Virgin. The final study is about the conception of heavenly music and musical composition. Symbolic Scores is finely illustrated and includes musical examples, and indices of compositions and names

Allegory · Art · Art history · Canon · Composition (language · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Psychoanalysis · Sign (mathematics · Symbol (formal · The Renaissance · The Symbolic · Diverse Musicological Studies · Mathematics · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Psychology · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Philosophy

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,23
Citation span2013 - 2024 (12)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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