A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 805
of the Thus, Every measure must contain a certain number of notes according to the time marked atthe beginning of the movement; and that time is of twr>sorts—common time and triple time—in which two all othersoriginate. The first is of two sorts : 1st, that in which eachbar is equal to a… … When the C has a bar through it, thus a quicker measure, thus and is called alia breve, but it is now usually written by di-viding the breve into halves. There is another sort ofmovement now very rarely used; it is very quick, and it is thus marked, -H)—■ The other characters of common signifying…
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