Ribattuta or Ribattuta di gola is a musical
ornament found in Italian and German works of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Execution
The ornament is a trill on a long-short dotted rhythm accelerating to end on either a
tremolo
In music, ''tremolo'' (), or ''tremolando'' (), is a trembling effect. There are two types of tremolo.
The first is a rapid reiteration:
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or a regular
trill
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.
Sources
The ornament is described by
Mattheson
Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, singer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat and music theorist.
Early life and career
The son of a prosperous tax collector, Mattheson received a broad liberal education ...
(1739), Spiess (1745), and
Marpurg
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (21 November 1718 – 22 May 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. He was friendly and active with many figures of the Enlightenment of the 18th century.
Life
Little is known of Marpurg's ear ...
(1749).
Frederick Neumann notes the trill following the dotted preparation is a main-note trill (that is, starting on the written note), and he cautions against use of the term as a general descriptor for dotted alternation as a prelude to a trill.
Nomenclature
Italian: ribattuta (f) di gola
German: ''der Zurückschlag'' or ''der gedehnte oder punctirte Triller'' (Mattheson)
English: ribattuta
French: ribattuta (f) or ''tour de gosier'' (Marpurg) or ''cadence pleine à progression'' (Lacassagne) or ''double cadence'' (Bérard-Blanchet)
[{{cite book, last=Bérard, first=Jean-Antoine, title=L'Art du chant, year=1755, location=Paris]
References
Ornamentation