Syncopation
Creator:
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Jeffrey Thompson, Karim Sulayman, Douglas Williams, Randall Scarlata, Opera Lafayette, and Ryan Brown
Description:
Rhythmic tension created by the stressing of weak beats and the de-emphasizing of strong beats. This phenomenon is first heard in the violins followed by an iteration from the oboe.
Publisher:
Naxos
Contributor:
Sarah Uhimchuk
Format:
Catalog No. 8.660305
Type:
opera
Source:
Excerpt from the Overture of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's La Magnifique
Date:
2012
Subject:
galant, 18th century, rhythm, rhythmic displacement, opera, Grétry, off-beats. overture, counting