Stolen Time: The History of Tempo Rubato

by Richard Hudson

Book Overview

Tracing the complex history of tempo rubato, this book identifies and traces the development of two main types of rubato: an earlier one in which note values in a melody are altered while the accompaniment keeps strict time, and a later, more familiar one in which the tempo of the entire
musical substance fluctuates. In the course of his narrative, Hudson ranges widely over western music, from Gregorian Chant to Chopin, from C.P.E. Bach to jazz,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198166672
• ISBN13: 9780198166672
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"