Iafelice, Carlos Cascarelli [UNESP]2020-12-102020-12-102019-09-01Opus. Campinas: Assoc Nac Pesquisa & Pos-graduacao & Musica, v. 25, n. 3, p. 30-49, 2019.1517-7017http://hdl.handle.net/11449/195020The structural development of what we understand as cadence has a long and complex history associated with an awareness and appreciation of musical elements assimilated by a decodification process that is related to adapted morphology. Thus, the connection between music and text goes beyond its joint praxis: it lends structural elements from its main vehicle (text), engendering a true corpus grammaticae musicae. In general terms, this principle resulted in parameters from both synchronic and diachronic dimensions, i.e., a specific set of intervals with a particular melodic progression. The argument presented in this study aims to exam the musical treatises through the end of the fifteenth century in testimonies that contain evidence that corroborate a probable dichotomy between understanding of cadence as a metaphor of instability and conclusive unity.30-49engHistory of music theorytheory of cadencemusic grammar15th-century music theoryArtigo10.20504/opus2019c2502WOS:000500556100002