#musical notation

[miamaimania]

Valentino Haute Couture SS 2014 ♩ Musical notation on sheer tulle

[cuties-in-codices]

floriated initials

from a cistercian processional, produced in the cistercian nunnery günterstal abbey, c. 1600

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. Güntersthal 2

[owlglock-pew-pew]

EYYYY FINISHED SKEETCHHHH

[mudwerks]

(via Sheet Music For Cats And Their Lovers : Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie, 1868 - Flashbak)

[upennmanuscripts]

This book of hours was produced in England, probably London, in the 15th century. It may have been made for a member of a religious confraternity or community. The musical notation in the Office of the Dead is unusual. (Ms. Codex 1063)

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[deedoesstuff]

sooooo i’m planning on writing a one shot of wylan trying to explain to jesper how to notate music for him. my problem is that musical notation is all in italian, and idk what the grishaverse of italy is. now here’s the question.

do i

a. awkwardly avoid mentioning it

b. write it as a real-world au

c. just pretend italy exists in canon

d. some much better fourth option

Voting ended onJun 25

[vissapost]

WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN MUSIC BRO

[medievalistsnet]

Medieval Musical Notations Discovered in 9th-Century Manuscript

A newly identified 9th-century manuscript leaf may contain some of the earliest known examples of written music in Western Europe — what experts are calling a rare witness to the very dawn of musical notation. The manuscript leaf is being offered on the public market for $80,000 US.

Read here