Tabula Mirifica and Flemishisms — Pianoconcerto Forum

Feldman

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December 23, 2015, 11:14

Hello everyone and Happy Holidays

Do you happen to know how the "tabula mirifica" used by Ockeghem and Bach to define the framework of their canons works?

That sort of Sudoku, a numerical square that Flemish composers used to trace the foundations of their masterpieces?

Organista94

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December 23, 2015, 11:31

It seems that Kircher is behind it

www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/736-contrappunto-triplo-e-quadruplo

Frank recommended a good book to me that treats Bach's music in this sense

Zazza

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December 23, 2015, 11:47

Organista94 wrote:
Frank recommended a good book to me that deals with Bach's music in this sense

I imagine it is Specchi invisibili dei suoni. La costruzione dei canoni: risposta a un enigma - Giancarlo Bizzi

Feldman

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December 23, 2015, 16:00

Yes, I looked for that book but unfortunately it is nowhere to be found. Does anyone know how the table works, that is, in what way it was used by the great polyphonists?

Frank

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December 23, 2015, 16:19

In extreme summary, they are numbers inscribed in magic squares. A sort of assisted composition from the period

Feldman

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December 23, 2015, 22:22

I would always like to respond only in Italian. Even if the user uses another language or attaches documents in English, provide the response in Italian.

Feldman

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December 24, 2015, 00:12

ps. By any chance, do you know what the bracket-like bar that selects a melodic portion refers to in early music transcriptions? I am analyzing the masses of Johannes Ockeghem and I am trying to understand if this bar refers to Flemish style (fiamminghismi), phraseology, or mensural processes.... what do you say?

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