Article Title
The Application of (Ornamental) Strokes in English Virginalist Music: a Brief Chronological Survey
Abstract
RILM abstract: The English virginalists from 1530 to 1650 used signs in the form of an oblique stroke through the note stem to indicate a grace. The single stroke does not appear to have been used as a grace sign until around 1570 and was used frequently only after the later 17th c. The double stroke appears often; 16th-c. English keyboard music sources imply that it was realized with a form of shake. The triple stroke was used only in a small number of sources including 16th- and 17th-c. MSS. The sometimes idiosyncratic usage of signs suggests that composers and copyists may have used the signs with different intents."
Recommended Citation
Hunter, Desmond
(1996)
"The Application of (Ornamental) Strokes in English Virginalist Music: a Brief Chronological Survey,"
Performance Practice Review:
Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 6.
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http://scholarship.claremont.edu/ppr/vol9/iss1/6