| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 474 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
Publications of the Early Music Institute |
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Performer's guides to early music |
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Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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Performer's guides to early music.
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| Contents |
Vocal/choral issues. The solo voice in the Renaissance / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart ; Practical matters of vocal performance / Anthony Rooley -- Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder / Herbert Myers ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Capped double reeds : crumhorn--Kortholt--Schreierpfeif / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross Duffin ; Racket : rackett, rankett (Ger.), cervelas (Fr.), cervello (It.) / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Bagpipe / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter ; Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie ; The violin / David Douglass ; Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette ; The harp / Herbert Myers ; Early percussion / Benjamin Harms ; Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth -- Practical considerations/instrumentation. Proto-continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Mixed ensembles / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Rehearsal tips for directors / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Performance editions / Frederick Gable -- Performance practice. Tuning and temperament / Ross Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Ornamentation in sixteenth-century music / Bruce Dickey ; Pronunciation guides / Ross Duffin -- Aspects of theory. Eight brief rules for composing a si placet altus, ca. 1470-1510 / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Renaissance theory / Sarah Mead -- Introduction to Renaissance dance. Early Renaissance dance, 1450-1520 / Yvonne Kendall -- For the early music director. Starting from scratch / Jeffery Kite-Powell -- Appendix A.A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music: Contents -- Appendix B.A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music: Contents |
| Summary |
Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade. The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators |
| Notes |
Previous edition: New York : Schirmer Books, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-452) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed February 22, 2016) |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- History -- To 1500.
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Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 16th century.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- 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 |
Kite-Powell, Jeffery T., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780253013774 |
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0253013771 |
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