Early Music Review

Early Music Review PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Get Book Here

Book Description

Early Music Review

Early Music Review PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Get Book Here

Book Description


The End of Early Music

The End of Early Music PDF Author: Bruce Haynes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189876
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Get Book Here

Book Description
Publisher description

Singing Early Music

Singing Early Music PDF Author: Timothy J. McGee
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253210265
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Get Book Here

Book Description
Accompanying CD includes readings of most of the sample texts found in the book. The CD is intended to assist in interpreting the phonetic symbols, which are truncated in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).

Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara

Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara PDF Author: Laurie Stras
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107154073
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Get Book Here

Book Description
Rethinks and retells the history of music in sixteenth-century Ferrara, putting women, of the court and convent, at the narrative centre.

The Notation Is Not the Music

The Notation Is Not the Music PDF Author: Barthold Kuijken
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253010683
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Get Book Here

Book Description
Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters—and limitations—of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance.

Bach's Famous Choir

Bach's Famous Choir PDF Author: Michael Maul
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271698
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 465

Get Book Here

Book Description
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cantors of the St. Thomas School and Church in Leipzig could be counted among the most significant German composers of their times. But what attracted these artists - from Seth Calvisius to J.S. Bach to Johann Adam Hiller - to the music school and choir and inspired them to explore new repertoire of the highest standing? And how did the cantors influence the musical profile of the school - a profile that often became a bone of contention between school and city hall? The success of the St. Thomas School was not a foregone conclusion; its history is replete with challenges and setbacks as well as triumphs. The school was caught between the conflicting interests of enthusiastic mayors and townspeople, who wanted to showcase the city's musical culture, and opposing parties, including jealous rectors and elitist sponsors, who argued for the traditional subordination of the cantorate to the school system. Drawing on many new, recently discovered sources, Michael Maul explores the phenomenon of the St Thomas School. He shows how cantors, local luminaries and municipal politicians overcame the School's detractors to make it a remarkable success, with a world-famous choir. Illuminating the social and political history of the cantorate and the musical life of an important German city, the book will be of interest to scholars of Baroque music and J.S. Bach, cultural historians, choral directors, and musicologists and performers studying historical performance practice. MICHAEL MAUL is Senior Scholar at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig and lecturer in musicology at the universities of Leipzig/Halle. He is also the artistic director of the annual Leipzig Bach Festival.

A Treasury of Early Music

A Treasury of Early Music PDF Author: Carl Parrish
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486171450
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Get Book Here

Book Description
Features 50 compositions from early Middle Ages to mid-18th century, including a Gregorian hymn, English lute piece, operatic arias, instrumental and vocal motets; works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Scarlatti, and others. Features commentary.

Inside Early Music

Inside Early Music PDF Author: Bernard D. Sherman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195343656
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Get Book Here

Book Description
The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and the best-selling Beethoven recording of 1995 was a period-instruments symphony cycle led by John Eliot Gardiner, who is Deutsche Grammophon's top-selling living conductor. But the movement has generated as much controversy as it has best-selling records, not only about the merits of its results, but also about the validity of its approach. To what degree can we recreate long-lost performing styles? How important are historical period instruments for the performance of a piece? Why should musicians bother with historical information? Are they sacrificing art to scholarship? Now, in Inside Early Music, Bernard D. Sherman has invited many of the leading practitioners to speak out about their passion for early music--why they are attracted to this movement and how it shapes their work. Readers listen in on conversations with conductors Gardiner, William Christie, and Roger Norrington, Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, vocalists Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, forte pianist Robert Levin, cellist Anner Bylsma, and many other leading artists. The book is divided into musical eras--Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classic and Romantic--with each interview focusing on particular composers or styles, touching on heated topics such as the debate over what is "authentic," the value of playing on period instruments, and how to interpret the composer's intentions. Whether debating how to perform Monteverdi's madrigals or comparing Andrew Lawrence-King's Renaissance harp playing to jazz, the performers convey not only a devotion to the spirit of period performance, but the joy of discovery as they struggle to bring the music most truthfully to life. Spurred on by Sherman's probing questions and immense knowledge of the subject, these conversations movingly document the aspirations, growing pains, and emerging maturity of the most exciting movement in contemporary classical performance, allowing each artist's personality and love for his or her craft to shine through. From medieval plainchant to Brahms' orchestral works, Inside Early Music takes readers-whether enthusiasts or detractors-behind the scenes to provide a masterful portrait of early music's controversies, challenges, and rewards.

The Interpretation of Early Music

The Interpretation of Early Music PDF Author: Robert Donington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 786

Get Book Here

Book Description
Since it was first published in 1963, Robert Donington's classic text has become the standard of reference for all would-be performers, students, and amateurs of baroque music.

Tonal Structures in Early Music

Tonal Structures in Early Music PDF Author: Cristle Collins Judd
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135704627
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Get Book Here

Book Description
Discussion of tonal structure has been one of the most problematic and controversial aspects of modern study of Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. These new essays written specifically for this volume consider the issue from historical, analytical, theoretical, perceptual and cultural perspectives.