Cadence as a “Metaphor of Instability” and “Conclusive Unity”: A Brief Excursus Between Grammar and Music
Carlos Cascarelli Iafelice
The structural development of what we understand as cadence has a long and complex history associated with an awareness appreciation musical elements assimilated by decodification process that is related to adapted morphology. Thus, the connection between music text goes beyond its joint praxis: it lends from main vehicle (text), engendering true corpus grammaticae musicae . In general terms, this principle resulted in parameters both synchronic diachronic dimensions, i.e., specific set intervals particular melodic progression. argument presented study aims exam treatises through end fifteenth century testimonies contain evidence corroborate probable dichotomy understanding “metaphor instability” “conclusive unity”'.
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