Grigor'eva Veronika

New data on early (relative) marks (based on the material of ordinary singing manuscripts of the first half of the 17th century from St. Petersburg collections)

Abstract

This paper presents data on early vermilion marks in ordinary singing manuscripts. These data are obtained from the analysis of manuscripts from the Russian National Library, namely РНБ Быстр. № 17 and РНБ НСРК. Q.14. These MSs contain a wide range of such marks with various meanings. Their full list exceeds the total number of marks cited in relevant manuals on musicology. The most frequent are marks which specify the direction and forms of melodic movement. According to principles and specifi cs of sound pitch designation, and also with the aim of distinguishing them from another type of marks, we off er to refer to the marks in question as to “relative”.

Keywords

early marks, relative marks, Old Russian music theory

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Grigor'eva Veronika