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- Title
A New Interpretation of the English Virginalists' Ornament Signs.
- Authors
HIRABAYASHI, ASAKO
- Abstract
Current interpretation of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century ornament signs by scholars and performers is that each sign had a common or typical meaning, but was also used to signify other ornaments, depending on the musical context. Despite the fact that this theory has been widely accepted, it has raised numerous unanswered questions, such as why English virginalists created single, triple, and quadruple stroke signs if the double stroke, which was created first, was flexible and all-purpose. This article discusses the problems of the current belief and leads to a new conclusion: that each ornament sign had its own specific meaning. The single stroke indicated a mordent, while the double stroke indicated a short trill from above. The triple stroke (six reiteration notes) and quadruple stroke (eight reiteration notes) indicated long trills from above.
- Subjects
MUSIC; SCHOLARS; ENTERTAINERS; INTELLECTUALS; INTERPRETATION (Philosophy)
- Publication
Early Keyboard Journal, 2010, Vol 25/26, p93
- ISSN
0899-8132
- Publication type
Article