Contents // Preface lx // Acknowledgments xi // Notes to the Reader on Sources and Terminology xv // Introduction: The Pledge of Allegiance i // Part i : Establishing an Historical Perspective // 1 Musical Punctuation, the Analogy ig // 2 A Surprisingly Complex and Lively Picture of Pointing Theory 32 // 3 Musical “Resting Points of the Spirit” 60 // Part 2: The Art of Interpreting Rests // 4 Written and Unwritten Rests py // 5 Punctuation vs. Articulation 121 // 6 Affective Punctuation ? // Part 3: Case Studies in Musical Punctuation // 7 Musical Prose—F. W. Marpurg’s Essay on the Punctuation of Recitative 179 // 8 Musical Verse—-Johann Mattheson’s “Curious Specimen” of a // Punctuated Minuet 203 // Vlil ** CONTENTS // Afterword 231 // Appendix A Translation of Marpurg’s Lessons on Musical // Punctuation, from His Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, vol. 2 233 // Appendix ? Chronological Chart of Punctuation References 260 // Notes 279 // Selected Bibliography 325 // Index 343