10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETROGRADE CANON»
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
tales the dux upside down [Ex. 2]. (b) Retrograde (canon cancrizans, al rovescio,
crab canon), in which the comes gives the dux backward [Ex. 3]. (c) Retrograde
inversion (canon al contrario riverso), in which the comes gives the dux upside ...
A Crab Canon is one in which the theme operates against itself in retrograde: Ex.
72 Such a contrapuntal device is also known as a Retrograde Canon and as
Canon in Cancrizans Motion, the three terms being synonymous. When, as in Ex.
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The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint
In retrograde canon (crab canon or canon cancrizans) the follower is a melodic
retrograde (backward) version of the leader. Clearly, the listener is unlikely to be
aware of such devices when hearing the work. In a table canon (Tafelkanon) the
...
4
A Briefe and Short Instruction of the Art of Musicke by ...
124 Nicola Vicentino was the first theorist to describe retrograde writing in his L'
antica musica, ch. 37. 125 Simpson, Compendium, 169-71. 126 Ibid., 171-74.
Example 21 Simpson, four-part retrograde canon. Compendium, 167 Plainsong,
and ...
Elway Bevin, Denis Collins,
2007
5
The Musical Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition by J. F. Daube
The usefulness of this type is still unknown. It might be, then, that such a canon is
merely a curiosity. '°7 [190] Now we present another type, which is dedicated only
to the friendship of two persons. This is the inverted retrograde canon, which is ...
Johann Friedrich Daube, Susan P. Snook-Luther,
2006
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An encyclopœdia, or dictionary of music
... Feltham Danneley. CANON IN RECTE ET RETRO, see Canon Retrograde.
CANON IN RESOLUTO, or in Partito, a canon of which the parts are written in
score, in opposition to canone chiuso, or in corpo, which is written upon one staff
only.
John Feltham Danneley,
1825
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Music
—retrograde canon Also, crab canon, canon can- crizans. A canon in which the
imitation repeats the melody backward, beginning at the end and ending at the
beginning (if the melody were D E F♯ D, the imitation would be D F♯ E D).
8
Performing Messiaen's Organ Music: 66 Masterclasses
It continues to alternate values in this manner until it arrives at both extremes,
creating a retrograde canon with the first, an opening fan. Let's look at the entire
series: (1) The sixty-four chromatic durations by groups of four: (2) Top part, right
...
9
Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint
... mentioned his own failed efforts at unraveling a retrograde canon by the
Dresden church composer J. D. Zelenka which had also appeared in Der getreue
Music-Meister. For the moment at least this piece, which according to its rubric ...
10
Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice
... 173 resolution of augmented sixths 143-44 resolution of seventh chords 118
response 205-06 rests 11, 13, 16 resultant 154, 317 retransition 238-39
retrograde 214, 224 retrograde canon 243 retrograde-inversion 216, 244 return
208, 212, ...