The Historical Performance of Music: An Introduction (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) - Hardcover

Lawson, Colin; Stowell, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521621933 ISBN 13: 9780521621939

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

A 1999 overview of historical performance, surveying issues and suggesting future developments.

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Review

' ... offers a wealth of wisdom ... I hope it may open windows in many minds.' The Musical Times

'It introduces ideas, concerns and approaches which will be new to many readers and practitioners, and it wil without doubt be invaluable to students.' Early Music Today

'... offer many stimulating asides and tantalising titbits, particularly when dealing with such controversial areas as the links between rhetorical theory and music; tast; rhythmic freedom; ornamentation and improvisation. Throughout ... their arguments are short, and sharp enough to whet the appetite, and he thirsty reader will surely want to go in search of more.' BBC Music Magazine

Book Description

This 1999 volume offers an overview of historical performance, surveying issues and suggesting future developments. Its kernel comprises discussion of the performer's primary source-materials and their interpretation, aspects of style and technique that combine to make up a well-grounded, period interpretation, and a survey of performance conditions and practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521621933
• ISBN 13: 9780521621939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236