Phrasing and Articulation: A Contribution to a Rhetoric of Music

by Hermann Keller

Book Overview

Various aspects of each of these subjects are studied: the construction of phrases, their connection, extension, overlapping; the application of legato, staccato, and other types of articulation. In this discussion the author draws upon contemporary theoretical writings and methods, as well as upon his own extensive experience as an editor of music. Part Two is devoted to specific problems in the works of the three masters Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393006816
• ISBN13: 9780393006810
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"