Maniates, Maria Rika.

Music Discourse from Classical to Early Modern Times : Editing and Translating Texts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (168 pages) - Conference on Editorial Problems Series . - Conference on Editorial Problems Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Members of the Conference -- Introduction -- Fidelities and Infidelities in Translating Early Music Theory -- Editing Adémar de Chabannes' Liturgy for the Feast of Saint Martial -- Editing and Translating Medieval Arabic Writings on Music -- Preparing Editions and Translations of Humanist Treatises on Music: Franchino Gaffurio's Theorica Musice (1492) -- The Translator as Interpreter: Euclid's Sectio canonis and Ptolemy's Harmonica in the Latin Tradition.

The five essays in this collection deal with the problems inherent in editing and translating writings on such diverse subjects as music theory, harmonic science, composition, sociology, liturgy, and performance practice.

9781442677463


Musicology-Congresses.
Editing-Congresses.
Music-History and criticism-Translating-Congresses.


Electronic books.

ML3797 .C664 1997

418.02