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020			_a9780521726429 _qpbk
041			_aeng
082			_a781.25 _bGRI
100			_aGrier, James
245		0	_aMusical Notation In The West _c/ James Grier
260			_bCambrdige _c2021 _aNew delhi
300			_axv, 269 p. : _bill. ' _c25 c.m.
504			_aindex
520			_aMusical notation is a powerful system of communication between musicians, using sophisticated symbolic, primarily non-verbal means to express musical events in visual symbols. Many musicians take the system for granted, having internalized it and their strategies for reading it and translating it into sound over long years of study and practice. This book traces the development of that system by combining chronological and thematic approaches to show the historical and musical context in which these developments took place. Simultaneously, the book considers the way in which this symbolic language communicates to those literate in it, discussing how its features facilitate or hinder fluent comprehension in the real-time environment of performance. Moreover, the topic of musical as opposed to notational innovation forms another thread of the treatment, as the author investigates instances where musical developments stimulated notational attributes, or notational innovations made practicable advances in musical style.
650			_aMusic
942			_cENGLISH
999			_c524486 _d524486