| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 536 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
Publications of the Early Music Institute |
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Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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| Contents |
Vocal/choral issues. National singing styles / Sally Sanford ; The Bel Canto singing style / Julianne Baird ; Choral music in France and England / Anne Harrington Heider ; Choral music in Italy and the Germanic lands / Gary Towne -- Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Woodwinds / Herbert Myers ; Cornett and Sackbut / Bruce Dickey ; Trombone / Stewart Carter ; Trumpet and horn / Steven E. Plank ; Percussion instruments and their usage / John Michael Cooper ; The violin : technique and style / David Douglass ; Historical approaches to playing the violin / Julie Andrijeski ; The viola da gamba family / Stuart Cheney with Barbara Coeyman ; Violoncello and violone / Marc Vanscheeuwijck ; Keyboard instruments / Mark Kroll ; Plucked string instruments / Paul O'Dette -- Performance practice and practical considerations. Ornamentation in early seventeenth-century Italian music / Bruce Dickey ; Basso continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Meter and tempo / George Houle ; Tuning and temperament / Herbert Myers ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers -- The seventeenth-century stage. Dance / Dorothy Olsson ; Theatrical productions / James Middleton |
| Summary |
"Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone--as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Previous edition: New York : Schirmer Books, c1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (at ends of chapters and pages 436-506) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR* platform, viewed November 3, 2016) |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 17th century.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Techniques.
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- General.
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Performance practice (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carter, Stewart, 1944- editor.
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Kite-Powell, Jeffery T., editor.
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| LC no. |
2011025491 |
| ISBN |
9780253005281 |
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0253005280 |
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9786613626455 |
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6613626457 |
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