Agogics and Tempo Rubato

The concepts of agogics and tempo rubato. Rubato obbligato (E. Stein). The agogic aspects of the process of rubato: supporting points of the bar; the hierarchical sounding of the notes; the grouping of the notes; legato; “articulational silence”; the uneven nature of playing. The parallelism between music and speech (Sprache in Tönen, Klangrede). Semantic articulation (N. Harnoncourt). Articulation and dynamics in Baroque music (mini-dynamics, which occurs within structural units, e.g., motifs). Dotted rhythm (W. Landowska). The nuances of sound cannot be inscribed in the visual space (A. Sverdiolas). Articulation and “fidelity to the work.”