Johann Mattheson's Der Vollkommene Capellmeister: A Revised Translation with Critical Commentary, Part 1 |
Contents
Introduction to the Translation | 1 |
Notes | 10 |
Bibliography | 18 |
Foreword | 35 |
The Commentary | 58 |
1 | 79 |
On Sound in Itself and the Natural Theory of Music | 94 |
On True Musical Erudition Literature and Music History | 112 |
On the Unison in Harmony and Its Progressions | 519 |
On Thirds and Their Progression in Harmony | 527 |
On Fifths and Their Progression | 542 |
On Sixths | 551 |
On the Octave | 561 |
On the Unharmonious Cross Relationship | 568 |
On Dissonances in General | 581 |
On the Seconds in Particular | 590 |
On the Use of Music in the General Public | 123 |
On the Art of Gesticulation | 132 |
On the Art of Writing Melodies | 170 |
On the Style of Music | 189 |
Notes to Part I | 235 |
On Melodic Invention | 281 |
On the Art of Creating a Good Melody | 300 |
On the Length and Shortness of Sound or the Construction of ToneFeet | 344 |
On the TimeMeasures | 364 |
On Emphasis in Melody | 369 |
On the Sections and Caesuras of Musical Rhetoric | 380 |
On the Meters Appropriate for Melody | 405 |
On the Sound of Words | 413 |
On the Difference between Vocal and Instrumental Melodies | 418 |
On the Categories of Melodies and Their Special Characteristics | 430 |
On the Disposition Elaboration and Ornamentation of Melody | 469 |
Notes to Part II | 485 |
On Many and FullVoicing in General | 495 |
On the Movement of Voices against One Another | 501 |
On Consonances in General According to Their Usage | 507 |
On Fourths | 597 |
On Sevenths | 613 |
On Ninths | 623 |
On Imitation | 637 |
On TwoPart Pieces | 648 |
On ThreePart Pieces | 657 |
On Broken Chords | 670 |
On Four and FivePart Pieces | 678 |
On Simple Fugues | 693 |
On Circle Songs or Circle Fugues Also Called Canons | 738 |
On Double Counterpoint | 766 |
On Double Fugues | 784 |
On the Construction and Nature of the Instruments Especially Organs | 825 |
On the Art of Playing | 845 |
On Conducting Direction Production and Execution of a Concert | 863 |
Notes to Part III | 873 |
P S | 887 |
New Listing of Matthesons Works to Date | 893 |
300 | 895 |
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