Caesura |

Caesura (from Lat. caesura – cutting, dissection) – a term borrowed from the theory of verse, where it denotes a constant place of the word division determined by the meter, dividing the verse into half lines (a syntactical pause is not necessary). In antique verse, this articulation coincides with the articulation of the muses. phrases. In music, which is associated with verse, C. is not a metrical, but a semantic facet, revealed in performance by a change in breathing, a stop, etc. Similar to syntactic. punctuation marks, C. are different in depth, along with the delimiter, they can connect. function (“voltage pauses”). As a performance indication (for example, in G. Mahler), the word “C.” means a backlash pause (usually more noticeable compared to not having this indication). The comma (already used by F. Couperin), fermata (on the bar line or between notes), signs and have the same meaning. Such designations are rarely used, because in the music of the new time, a through development that overcomes the color is more significant than phrasing boundaries. The last b. hours are provided by the composer at the discretion of the performers and often belong to the department. voices, not music. tissue in general.

M. G. Harlap