READING POLISH OLD MUSIC PRINTS FROM THE 16TH CENTURY Cover Image

LEKTURA POLSKICH STARODRUKÓW MUZYCZNYCH Z XVI WIEKU
READING POLISH OLD MUSIC PRINTS FROM THE 16TH CENTURY

Author(s): Krzysztof Pawłowski
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, 16th Century, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: theory and history of music / musical compendium 16th cent; Latin scribal abbreviations or sigla; musical notation; musical paleography;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the figures of three historians and theoreticians of Renaissance music: Jerzy Libanus of Legnica, Sebastian of Felsztyn and Marcin Kromer. Basic scribal abbreviations or sigla from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are explained on the example of their works. The above remarks will make it easier for students of musicology to read old prints. These remarks are supplemented by a list of basic works devoted to reading a complicated Latin text.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 101-107
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish