Theorists in the eighteenth century were concerned with logical classifications of time signatures-simple and compound duple and triple meters. Music in the theatrical style used the new Italian or French signs that were associated with particular dances, character pieces, or even emotional affects. Signatures became associated with genres of music for example, music in the stile antico used mensural signs, such as and and simple proportions, such as 3/1 and 3/2. T IME SIGNATURES in the eighteenth century were generally recognized as signifying how many notes of what value were included in a measure, although the signature sometimes indicated this information only indirectly. Time Signatures in the Eighteenth Century
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