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Mensural notation

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Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for European vocal polyphonic music from the later part of the 13th century until about 1600. [1]

86 relations: Adam of Fulda, Add MS 29987, Alla breve, Anna Maria Busse Berger, Arnolt Schlick, Ars cantus mensurabilis, Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja, Baude Cordier, Beat (music), Brevis, Circled dot, Color (disambiguation), Color (medieval music), De Mensurabili Musica, Diatonic and chromatic, Diminution, Domingo Marcos Durán, Double whole note, Early music of the British Isles, Eighth note, Franchinus Gaffurius, Fusa (disambiguation), Girolamo Frescobaldi, Guillaume le Vinier, Half note, Henri Membertou, In dulci jubilo, Jehan de Braine, Jerome of Moravia, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt, Johann Pachelbel, John Hanboys, Larga, Ligature (music), List of general music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia, List of musicology topics, List of online digital musical document libraries, Lloyd Rodgers, Longa (music), Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections, Maxima (music), Mensuration, Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales, Mode (music), Modus (medieval music), Music in Medieval England, Music theory, Musical notation, Neume, Note value, ..., Notehead, Nuper rosarum flores, Organ tablature, Perrin d'Angicourt, Petrus de Cruce, Petrus de Domarto, Philippe de Vitry, Piae Cantiones, Pierrekin de la Coupele, Plaine & Easie Code, Prolation, Proportionalism (Gregorian chant), Quarter note, Raoul de Ferrières, Raoul de Soissons, Renaissance music, Rhythmic mode, Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie, Richart de Semilli, Sebald Heyden, Sheet music, Simon d'Authie, Sixteenth note, Sub Arturo plebs, Sumer Is Icumen In, Tempo, The Berkeley Treatise, Thibaut de Blaison, Thirty-second note, Thomas Helmore, Thomas Herier, Time signature, Timeline of Reading, Berkshire, Trinity Carol Roll, Viderunt Omnes, Whole note. Expand index (36 more) »

Adam of Fulda

Adam of Fulda (c. 1445 – 1505) was a German musical author of the second half of the 15th century.

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Add MS 29987

London, British Library, MS.

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Alla breve

Alla breve is a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a C with a vertical line through it), which is the equivalent of.

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Anna Maria Busse Berger

Anna Maria Busse Berger is an American musicologist.

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Arnolt Schlick

Arnolt Schlick (July 18?,Keyl 1989, 110–11. c. 1455–1460 – after 1521) was a German organist, lutenist and composer of the Renaissance.

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Ars cantus mensurabilis

Ars cantus mensurabilis (Latin for the art of the measurable song) is a music theory treatise from the mid-13th century, c. 1250–1280 (Medieval Period) written by German music theorist Franco of Cologne The treatise was written shortly after De Mensurabili Musica, a treatise by Johannes de Garlandia, which summarised a set of 6 rhythmic modes in use at the time.

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Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja

Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja (ca. 1440 – 1522) was a Spanish mathematician, music theorist, and composer.

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Baude Cordier

Baude Cordier (born c. 1380 in Rheims, died before 1440) was a French composer from Rheims; it has been suggested that Cordier was the nom de plume of Baude Fresnel.

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Beat (music)

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).

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Brevis

Brevis is the Latin word for short, and may refer to.

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Circled dot

The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre is an ancient symbol.

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Color (disambiguation)

Color is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue, etc.

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Color (medieval music)

In medieval music theory, the terms color and coloration are used in four distinct senses, two of which relate to the notation and structuring of note durations, the third to florid ornamentation, and the fourth to the quality of chromatic music.

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De Mensurabili Musica

De Mensurabili Musica (concerning measured music) is a musical treatise from the early 13th century (medieval period, c. 1240) and is the first of two treatises traditionally attributed to French music theorist Johannes de Garlandia; the other is de plana musica (Concerning Plainchant).

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Diatonic and chromatic

Diatonic (διατονική) and chromatic (χρωματική) are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterize scales, and are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony.

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Diminution

In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings.

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Domingo Marcos Durán

Domingo Marcos Durán (ca. 1465 – 1529), was a Spanish music theorist and choirmaster.

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Double whole note

In music, a double whole note (American), breve (international), or double note is a note lasting two times as long as a whole note (or semibreve).

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Early music of the British Isles

Early music of the British Isles, from the earliest recorded times until the beginnings of the Baroque in the 17th century, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.

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Eighth note

'''Figure 1.''' An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four eighth notes beamed together. An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) and twice that of the sixteenth note (semiquaver), which amounts to one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), one eighth the duration of whole note (semibreve), one sixteenth the duration of a double whole note (breve), and one thirty-second the duration of a longa, hence the name.

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Franchinus Gaffurius

Franchinus Gaffurius (Franchino Gaffurio; 14 January 1451 – 25 June 1522) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.

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Fusa (disambiguation)

Fusa may refer to.

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Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September, 15831 March 1643) was a musician from Ferrara, one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

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Guillaume le Vinier

Guillaume le Vinier (c. 1190–1245) was a cleric and trouvère, one of the most prolific composers in the genre.

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Half note

In music, a half note (American) or minim (British) is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or crotchet).

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Henri Membertou

Henri Membertou (died 18 September 1611) was the ''sakmow'' (Grand Chief) of the Mi'kmaq First Nations tribe situated near Port Royal, site of the first French settlement in Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, Canada.

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In dulci jubilo

In dulci jubilo ("In sweet rejoicing") is a traditional Christmas carol.

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Jehan de Braine

Jehan de Braine (c. 1200 – 1240) was, jure uxoris, the Count of Mâcon and Vienne from 1224 until his death.

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Jerome of Moravia

Jerome of Moravia (or Hieronymus de Moravia) (died after 1271) was a medieval music theorist.

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Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt

"italic" (Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turned God's wrath away from us) is a Lutheran hymn in ten stanzas by Martin Luther for communion, first published in 1524 in the Erfurt Enchiridion.

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Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel (baptised 1 September 1653 – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak.

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John Hanboys

John Hanboys, also John Hamboys and possibly J. de Alto Bosco (fl. 1370), was an English medieval composer and musical theorist, highly regarded in his own country, although the details of his life are unclear.

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Larga

Larga may refer to several villages in Romania.

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Ligature (music)

In music notation, a ligature is a graphic symbol that tells a musician to perform two or more notes in a single gesture, and on a single syllable.

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List of general music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia

The music articles in the Rees's ''Cyclopaedia'' were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey Sr (1766–1826), and John Farey Jr (1791–1851).The Cyclopædia was illustrated using 53 plates as well as a numerous examples of music typset within the articles.

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List of musicology topics

This is a list of musicology topics.

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List of online digital musical document libraries

This is a list of online digital musical document libraries.

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Lloyd Rodgers

Lloyd Rodgers (born Long Beach, California June 2, 1942, died San Diego, California December 28, 2016) was an American composer, performer, concert promoter, and teacher.

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Longa (music)

A longa (pl. longe or longae), long, quadruple note (Am.), or quadruple whole note is a musical note that could be either twice or three times as long as a breve (Am.: double whole note, or double note), four or six times as long as a semibreve (Am.: whole note), that appears in early music.

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Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections

The Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections is a mathematical text written by Chinese Southern Song dynasty mathematician Qin Jiushao in the year 1247.

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Maxima (music)

A maxima, duplex longa, larga (in British usage: large), octuple note, octuple whole note, or octuple entire musical note was a musical note used commonly in thirteenth and fourteenth century music and occasionally until the end of the sixteenth century.

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Mensuration

Mensuration may refer to.

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Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales

The Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales is the first of two settings of the Ordinary of the Mass by Josquin des Prez using the famous L'homme armé tune as their cantus firmus source material (for the other, presumed later, setting see Missa ''L'homme armé'' sexti toni).

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Mode (music)

In the theory of Western music, a mode is a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic behaviors.

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Modus (medieval music)

In medieval music theory, the Latin term modus (meaning "a measure", "standard of measurement", "quantity", "size", "length", or, rendered in English, mode) can be used in a variety of distinct senses.

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Music in Medieval England

Music in Medieval England, from the end of Roman rule in the fifth century until the Reformation in the sixteenth century, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.

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Music theory

Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music.

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Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system used to visually represent aurally perceived music played with instruments or sung by the human voice through the use of written, printed, or otherwise-produced symbols.

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Neume

A neume (sometimes spelled neum) is the basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation.

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Note value

In music notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the texture or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence or absence of flags/beams/hooks/tails.

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Notehead

In music, a notehead is the elliptical part of a note.

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Nuper rosarum flores

Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.

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Organ tablature

Organ tablature is a form of musical notation used by the north German Baroque organ school, although there are also forms of organ tablature from other countries such as Italy, Spain, Poland, and England.

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Perrin d'Angicourt

Perrin d'Angicourt (floruit 1245–70) was a trouvère associated with the group of poets active in and around Arras.

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Petrus de Cruce

Petrus de Cruce (also Pierre de la Croix) was active as a cleric, composer and theorist in the late part of the 13th century.

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Petrus de Domarto

Petrus de Domarto (fl. c. 1445–1455) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.

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Philippe de Vitry

Philippe de Vitry (31 October 1291 – 9 June 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet.

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Piae Cantiones

Piae Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum (in English Pious ecclesiastical and school songs of the ancient bishops) is a collection of late medieval Latin songs first published in 1582.

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Pierrekin de la Coupele

Pierrekin de la Coupele (fl. 1240–60) was a north French trouvère from the Pas-de-Calais, probably the localities nowadays called Coupelle-Vieille and Coupelle-Neuve.

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Plaine & Easie Code

The Plaine & Easie Code is an open international library standard that enables entering music incipits.

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Prolation

Prolation is a term used in the theory of the mensural notation of medieval and Renaissance music to describe its rhythmic structure on a small scale, as opposed to tempus, which described a larger scale.

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Proportionalism (Gregorian chant)

Proportionalism, also known as mensuralism, is a hermeneutical approach to the performance of the earliest transcriptions of Gregorian chant prior to the adoption of mensural notation.

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Quarter note

A quarter note (American) or crotchet (British, from the sense 'hook') is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve).

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Raoul de Ferrières

Raoul de Ferrières (fl. 1200–10), originally de Ferier, was a Norman nobleman and trouvère.

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Raoul de Soissons

Raoul de Soissons (1210x15 – 1270, or shortly thereafter) was a French nobleman, Crusader, and trouvère.

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Renaissance music

Renaissance music is vocal and instrumental music written and performed in Europe during the Renaissance era.

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Rhythmic mode

In medieval music, the rhythmic modes were set patterns of long and short durations (or rhythms).

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Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie

Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie per potersi essercitar nel diminuir terminatamente con ogni sorte d’istrumento; et anco diversi passaggi per la semplice voce (Ricercars, passages and cadences to facilitate practicing accomplished diminutions on all kinds of instruments; and also various passages for just the voice) is a didactic work written by Giovanni Bassano.

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Richart de Semilli

Richart de Semilli (floruit late 12th or early 13th century) was a trouvère, probably from Paris, which he mentions three times in his extant works.

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Sebald Heyden

Sebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561) was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet.

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Sheet music

Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols to indicate the pitches (melodies), rhythms or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.

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Simon d'Authie

Simon d'Authie or d'Autie (born 1180/90; died after 1235) was a lawyer, priest and Old French trouvère.

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Sixteenth note

'''Figure 1.''' A 16th note with stem facing up, a 16th note with stem facing down, and a 16th rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four 16th notes beamed together. In music, a sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note played for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names.

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Sub Arturo plebs

Sub Arturo plebs – Fons citharizantium – In omnem terram is an isorhythmic motet of the second part of the 14th century, written by an English composer known by the name of Johannes Alanus or John Aleyn.

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Sumer Is Icumen In

"Sumer Is Icumen In" (also called the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song) is a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo ("time" in Italian; plural: tempi) is the speed or pace of a given piece.

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The Berkeley Treatise

The Berkeley Treatise is an anonymous 14th Century compilation of musicological writings.

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Thibaut de Blaison

Thibaut de Blaison, Blason, or Blazon (died after March 1229) was a Poitevin nobleman, Crusader, and trouvère from a noble family with lands in Blason and Mirabeau.

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Thirty-second note

In music, a demisemiquaver (British) or thirty-second note (American) is a note played for of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve).

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Thomas Helmore

Thomas Helmore (7 May 1811 in Kidderminster – 6 July 1890 in Westminster) was a choirmaster, writer about singing and author and editor of hymns and carols.

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Thomas Herier

Thomas Herier, Erier, Erriers, or Erars (fl. 1240–1270) was a Picard trouvère associated with the "Arras school".

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Time signature

The time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, or measure signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats (pulses) are to be contained in each measure (bar) and which note value is equivalent to one beat.

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Timeline of Reading, Berkshire

The following is a timeline of the history of Reading, the county town of Berkshire in England.

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Trinity Carol Roll

The Trinity Carol Roll is a 15th-century manuscript of thirteen English carols held by the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge (MS O.3.58).

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Viderunt Omnes

"Viderunt Omnes" is a traditional Gregorian chant of the 11th century.

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Whole note

In music, a whole note (American) or semibreve (British) is a note represented by a hollow oval note head and no note stem.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensural_notation

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