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Excerpt from Fauxbourdon, Vol. 1: An Historical Survey
An author who devotes an entire treatise to the much - publicised subject of fauxbourdon at the present time must take especial pains to justify his undertaking. The mystery of the Old French words foot/x boo/robe has long been a popular subject among specialists. Specialised studies (often persuasively written and logically, if intrically developed) have followed one another at regular intervals exploring the origin and derivation of the style, and speculating about-the meaning of the words fem/x boo/mon. Disagreement, unfortunately, is almost as common as agreement.1 In less specialised books such as music - history and appreciation texts, the disagreements are not dwelt upon. Fauxbourdon style is usually presented there as one of the principal avenues by which parallel thirds and sixths were introduced to Western (continental) music. Due to the almost universal interest in fauxbourdon evidenced by author of textbooks, it is probably not an exagger ation to say that all students of music are at least exposed to the fauxbourdon idea at some time in their lives.2 Partly for this reason, it might justly be complained that fauxbourdon is too well-known. When this happens, a popular simplification of the musical characteristics often takes place and the musical style becomes known primarily by its reputation. Thus, in the case of fauxbourdon, a dis couragingly large number of students has never analysed an authentic fauxbourdon composition and seems {a conceive of it purely in abstract terms as the harmonic setting of a plain chant in parallel sixth chords. In some extreme cases, the term fauxbourdon has become synonymous with sixth chords, themselves.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An author who devotes an entire treatise to the much - publicised subject of fauxbourdon at the present time must take especial pains to justify his undertaking. The mystery of the Old French words foot/x boo/robe has long been a popular subject among specialists. Specialised studies (often persuasively written and logically, if intrically developed) have followed one another at regular intervals exploring the origin and derivation of the style, and speculating about-the meaning of the words fem/x boo/mon. Disagreement, unfortunately, is almost as common as agreement.1 In less specialised books such as music - history and appreciation texts, the disagreements are not dwelt upon. Fauxbourdon style is usually presented there as one of the principal avenues by which parallel thirds and sixths were introduced to Western (continental) music. Due to the almost universal interest in fauxbourdon evidenced by author of textbooks, it is probably not an exagger ation to say that all students of music are at least exposed to the fauxbourdon idea at some time in their lives.2 Partly for this reason, it might justly be complained that fauxbourdon is too well-known. When this happens, a popular simplification of the musical characteristics often takes place and the musical style becomes known primarily by its reputation. Thus, in the case of fauxbourdon, a dis couragingly large number of students has never analysed an authentic fauxbourdon composition and seems {a conceive of it purely in abstract terms as the harmonic setting of a plain chant in parallel sixth chords. In some extreme cases, the term fauxbourdon has become synonymous with sixth chords, themselves.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Ernest Trumble
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ISBN - 9780265758366
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 88
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Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm
Page Count - 90
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