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accentualist|ækˈsɛntjuːəlɪst|
[f. accentual a. + -ist.]
One who advocates a particular theory of accent, spec. concerning the interpretation of plainsong (see quot. 1954).
1909in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1937Downside Rev. LV. 349 Father Robertson allows himself occasionally to enunciate rhythmic principles which run directly counter both to the theory and the practice of the accentualists. 1940G. Reese Music in Middle Ages v. 141 The accentualists..consider the accent the principal—according to some, the only—rhythmical determinant of its melodies. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VI. 820/1 The Accentualists hold that the change from quantity to accent in both Greek and Latin in about the 5th century caused the longs and shorts in the chant to change to notes of equal value and that the principal and secondary accents of particular syllables in particular words..determine the rhythm of that phrase. |