1st Edition
Jumping to Conclusions: The Falling-Third Cadences in Chant, Polyphony, and Recitative
By Richard Hudson
Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
This book concerns the cadences which reach their conclusion by jumping from scale degree 3 down to 1 or to 1-7-1. The chronological history commences in Gregorian Chant, where the falling third is often preceded by scale degree 4, forming the striking figure 4-3-1. The cadences move, along with the borrowed chant melodies, into the polyphony of the late 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Here,... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I The Falling-Third Cadences in Chant and Polyphony: Gregorian chant; Late 14th- and early 15th-century polyphony; Polyphony from Dufay to Palestrina. Part II The Falling-Third Cadences in Recitative: Monody and recitative in the 17th century; Later recitative; The Appoggiatura. The Conclusions: The 4-3-1 figure in history. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Richard Hudson is Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
'This is a really stimulating book that I hope will receive the attention it deserves.' Early Music Review
