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The Baroque flute: ornamentation and articulation 1700-1752

This document explores some music of the Baroque era. Specifically, it is concerned with eighteenth century musical articulation, ornamentation, and the type of flute in use at that time, which we now call the baroque flute. The term articulation refers to the entire subject of how a note is begun, the type of articulation syllable used, and how notes are grouped together. In the Baroque period melodies were embellished with certain standard ornaments. The proper performance of these ornaments was the subject of much discussion and writing. At the end of this document the reader will find a selected bibliography which includes some of these writings. There are many types of ornaments. This study will be concerned with some of them: the trill, mordent, appoggiatura, grupetto, messa di voce, and flattement. Vibrato at that time was considered to be an ornament,
and will be included as such.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/624789
Date January 1979
CreatorsTousey, Joanna, Tousey, Joanna
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic)
RightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.

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