10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIRONOMY»
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chironomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chironomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread ...
As a science we are told 87S that chironomy is of great antiquity. " Numa
Pompilius, the successor of Romulus, publicly made use of the art of chironomy,
or of gesture with the hands, as a means of counting " (or reckoning, per
conteggiare).
Frederick Thomas Elworthy, 1895
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Discovering Jewish Music
As the system became more elaborate, chironomy became of increasing
importance, since readers were now compelled to provide more sophisticated
musical renditions based upon varying combinations of these neumes. Moreover,
while ...
Marsha Bryan Edelman, 2007
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Justine Ward and Solesmes
3. Whether it is still your doctrine, or whether you believe you should change or
modify it? 1 am asking you also to look at the chironomy of the Gloria Ambrosian (
p. 113-114) of the Mass responses (p. 124 -5, -6), the Ave Regina Caelorum (p.
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Jewish Music as Midrash: What Makes Music Jewish?
Chanters first used a system of hand signals called "chironomy." The chanter's
assistant would stand beside the chanter's desk and use hand signals to indicate
the rise and fall of the melody. This helped the chanter recall and affect the three
...
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Chironomy [fr. Gr. cheir. hand]. The use of movements of the hand to indicate
approximate pitch or melodic contour to singers. The practice is evidently of great
antiquity and is widely distributed (e.g., in ancient Egypt, Israel, and Greece, ...
6
The fundamentals of Gregorian chant
The indication of Rhythm by means of the hand, or “ chironomy " (yet? hand, and
wipe; rule), has existed always. What interests us, however, in this short chapter
on Gregorian Chironomy, is its relationship to our subject. From Mediaeval ...
As 'a science we are told "3 that chironomy is of great antiquity. “ N uma
Pompilius, the successor of Romulus, publicly made use of the art of chironomy,
or of gesture with the hands, as a means of counting " (or reckoning, per
conteggiare).
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The Gregorian chant manual of the Catholic music hour
syllables, chironomy follows melodic curve, rising and falling with it. c) Chironomy
in melodic patterns. Fitting different words to the same melody; the effect on
chironomy. III. Formulation of rules by children from their own observation and ...
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The Ladies' home journal treasury
There was an efficient scuffle of music stands and lanterns as the choir came out
and stood themselves in a quarter moon about Brother Chironomy. The cardinal
felt an ugly little joy at the program's collapse, then was disgusted with himself ...
The Ladies'home journal, 1956
Having said this, I got up from the bed, faced Sister Gemma, held the assignment
in front with my left hand and, while singing the chant, did the chironomy
movements with my right hand. Sister Gemma agreed, at once, that this was a
better ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIRONOMY»
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chironomy is used in the context of the following news items.
UNM Professor Emeritus of English Patrick Gallacher dies
... a Gregorian chant and revealed that he had been trained in chironomy—a method of singing chant by following hand movements that outline ... «UNM Newsroom, Feb 15»
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