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

Lawson, Colin

 
9780521627382: The Historical Performance of Music: An Introduction (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521627389 ISBN 13: 9780521627382
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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521627389
ISBN 13 
9780521627382
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
236