German - Turkish
Definition of antiqua in German Turkish dictionary
- /typ. Romen harfleri
English - Turkish
Definition of antiqua in English Turkish dictionary
- antika
German - English
Definition of antiqua in German English dictionary
- roman type
English - English
Definition of antiqua in English English dictionary
- Ars Antiqua
- (Latin; "Ancient Art") Musical style of 13th-century France. The term was derived retrospectively to distinguish 13th-century music from that of the 14th century (Ars Nova). It is partly characterized by use of the six rhythmic modes, each being a rhythmic pattern that would recur throughout a piece, such as long-short (first mode) or short-long (second). Akin to the "feet" of poetry (see prosody), the relative lengths of long and short depended on the mode. The system broke down as composers began to use subdivisions of the short note. The musical genres of the Ars Antiqua included organum and the early motet