Performing French Classical Music
| Author | : Timothy Schultz |
| Publisher | : Pendragon Press |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781576470374 |
This book discusses what both early and modern sources say about French performance practice and offers solutions to performance problems in Francois Chauvon's Premierre Suitte (taken from Tibiades, 1717). Part one discusses relevant issues of historical performance practice and establishes a conte
The Harpsichord and Clavichord
| Author | : Igor Kipnis |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 1323 |
| Release | : 2013-04-15 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1135949778 |
The Harpsichord and Clavichord, An Encyclopedia includes articles on this family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instruments builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world. It completes the three-volume Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments.
Performance Practice
| Author | : Roland Jackson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 542 |
| Release | : 2013-10-23 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1136767703 |
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.
Continuo Playing on the Lute, Archlute and Theorbo
| Author | : Nigel North |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 1987-08-22 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780253314154 |
"... a valuable book. It is an important link between the unknown of the Renaissance and the present." --The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon "Straightforward practicality is the most outstanding characteristic of this book." --Continuo "... a fine and very welcome book that is likely to remain the high standard of lute continuo instruction for some time to come." --Sixteenth Century Journal In this extraordinarily broad survey, Nigel North discusses the history of the lute, the archlute, and the theorbo and gives practical advice on technique, the choice of instrument for particular music, and the preparation of scores.
The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord
| Author | : Mark Kroll |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2019-01-03 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1107156076 |
Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.
The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-Bass
| Author | : F. T. Arnold |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 786 |
| Release | : 2013-01-23 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0486171566 |
DIVThis legendary work presents a comprehensive survey that covers every issue of significance to today's performers, with numerous musical examples, authoritative citations, and scholarly interpretations and syntheses. /div
Musical Improvisation
| Author | : Gabriel Solis |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0252076540 |
A musical practice used for centuries the world over, improvisation too often has been neglected by scholars who dismiss it as either technically undissectible or inexplicably mysterious. At different times and in different cultures, performing music that is not "precomposed" has constituted an artful expression of the performer's individuality (the Baroque); a wild, unthinking form of expression (jazz antagonists); and the best method to train inexperienced musicians to use their instruments (the Middle East). This wide-ranging collection of essays considers musical improvisation from a variety of approaches, including ethnomusicology, education, performance, historical musicology, and music theory. Laying the groundwork for even further research into improvisation, the contributors of this volume delve into topics as diverse as the creative minds of Mozart and Beethoven, the place of improvised musics in Western and non-Western societies, and the development of jazz as a musical and cultural phenomenon.
Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17th-Century France
| Author | : D. Ledbetter |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2019-06-12 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 134964014X |
The works of the 17th-century French harpsichord composers, the clavecinistes, are among the principal treasures of the harpsichord repertoire. It is a commmonplace of music histories that their style was strongly influenced by contemporary lutenists, yet the assessment of this influence has until now been limited to pointing out a few superficial resemblances. This book is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between the two styles. The nature and extent of the influence can now be seen as much more far-reaching than has been supposed. The clavecinistes adopted many details of lute style, and an understanding of these is essential for the proper performance of their works. More importantly, the lute style opened up the possibility of an entirely new expressive dimension in the playing of the harpsichord; in exploring this the clavecinistes evolved a style which dominated European keyboard music in the 17th-century, and provided a basis for the subsequent development of idiomatic keyboard style.
