| 单词 | romanian letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRomanian letter Designating any of various letters and other markings used in some Gregorian chant notation to clarify or supplement the meaning of a neume (neume n.). Chiefly in Romanian letter.The system of notation is traditionally supposed to have been devised by Romanus (fl. 8th cent.), Roman cantor, while visiting the abbey of St Gall (in present-day Switzerland). ΚΠ 1894 W. H. Frere Winchester Troper p. xl The so-called Romanian letters which were devised at St. Gall (perhaps by Romanus himself) to give directions as to singing. 1895 H. B. Briggs Elem. Plainsong 26 The notes are essentially all of equal time-value, but the neums, and the Romanian Letters or Signs on them, indicate variations of tempo. 1927 Musical Times 68 39/2 Neither Prof. Wagner nor his critics are entitled to base any dogmatic system of interpretation upon the Romanian letters. 1991 Notes 47 1063 A horizontal episema..may represent an episema in the manuscript, or the ‘Romanian’ letter t, or almost any other kind of lengthening. < as lemmas |
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