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The Uses Of Rubato In Music, Eighteenth To Twentieth Centuries, Sandra P. Rosenblum
The Uses Of Rubato In Music, Eighteenth To Twentieth Centuries, Sandra P. Rosenblum
Performance Practice Review
Tempo rubato is a disregard of certain notated properties of rhythm and tempo for the sake of expressive performance. There are two basic types of rubato practices. Contrametric rubato involves a solo melody moving in subtly or equally redistributed note values (sometimes with added notes) against a steady pulse in the accompaniment. Structural or agogic rubato involves the simultaneous retardation or acceleration of tempo of the entire performing body. Theories on rubato practice from Lodovico Zacconi (1592) to Marian Sobieski and Jadwiga Sobieska (1960) are considered, as is use of rubato by composers from Giovanni da Cascia in the 14th …
Performance Practice In The Indeterminate Works Of John Cage, Judith Irene Lochhead
Performance Practice In The Indeterminate Works Of John Cage, Judith Irene Lochhead
Performance Practice Review
The recordings of Cage's indeterminate works such as Variations I, Fontana mix, Cartridge music, Variations II, and Variations III reveal certain traditions in their performance, in both form and style.