Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians - Hardcover

Jackson, Roland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415941393 ISBN 13: 9780415941396

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Performance practice is the study of how music was performed over the centuries, both by its originators (the composers and performers who introduced the works) and, later, by revivalists. This first of its kind Dictionary offers entries on composers, musiciansperformers, technical terms, performance centers, musical instruments, and genres, all aimed at elucidating issues in performance practice. This A-Z guide will help students, scholars, and listeners understand how musical works were originally performed and subsequently changed over the centuries. Compiled by a leading scholar in the field, this work will serve as both a point-of-entry for beginners as well as a roadmap for advanced scholarship in the field.

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Roland Jackson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415941393
• ISBN 13: 9780415941396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 542