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Musical Theatre at the Court of Louis XIV
Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos
Av Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Carol G. Marsh
Häftad, 2005
491 kr
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Dance played a major role in all French Baroque theatrical entertainments. Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos, a short ballet performed at the court of Louis XIV, is of major importance, largely because it has survived complete in all its components - choreography, music, and text - and also because it …
Introduction to the Art of Singing by Johann Friedrich Agricola
Av Johann Friedrich Agricola, Julianne C. Baird m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
502 kr
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Agricola published Introduction to the Art of Singing in Germany, in 1757, consisting of the 1723 treatise of the Italian singing teacher and castrato, Tosi, to which Agricola added his own running commentary. The Introduction was recognized as invaluable not only for teachers and their pupils but …
Bach Interpretation
Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach
Av John Butt, Laurence Dreyfus
Häftad, 2006
502 kr
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This study is a comprehensive assessment of J. S. Bach's use of articulation marks (i.e. slurs and dots) in the large body of primary sources. Dr Butt analyses the role of such markings within the compositional process, how they relate to the norms of articulation of the period, and how they might …
Musica Getutscht
A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung
Av Sebastian Virdung, Beth Bullard
Häftad, 2007
502 kr
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Musica getutscht (Basel, 1511) is the earliest printed treatise on musical instruments in the West. Written by a priest and chapel singer named Sebastian Virdung, it provided rudimentary instruction on playing three instruments: the clavichord, the lute and the recorder. This early 'do-it-yourself' …
Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German Baroque
Av John Butt, Laurence Dreyfus m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
935 kr
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In considering the role of practical music in education, this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-1800 and …
Summa Musice
A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
Häftad, 2007
938 kr
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How did medieval musicians learn to perform? How did they compose? What was their sense of the history and purpose of music? The Summa musice, a treatise on practical music from c.1200, sheds light on all these questions. It is a manual for young singers who are learning Gregorian chant for the …
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
A Translation and Commentary
Häftad, 2007
502 kr
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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise is a classic textbook which has been used as a guide to orchestration and as a source book for the understanding both of Berlioz's music and of orchestral practice in the nineteenth century. This was the first English translation of Berlioz's complete text since …
Ruckers
A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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The name of Ruckers is as important to early keyboard instruments as Stradivarius is to strings. This book describes in close detail the art and technique of the Ruckers family, who produced harpsichords and virginals throughout a period of over 100 years. Dr O'Brien provides detailed information …
An Early Music Dictionary
Musical Terms from British Sources 1500-1740
Häftad, 2009
902 kr
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In this dictionary of early music, Graham Strahle has compiled definitions of musical terms in English as used and understood during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. He includes terms relating to instruments, performance, theory and composition and draws entirely from original printed and …
The Early Pianoforte
Häftad, 2009
754 kr
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This is the first comprehensive historical and technological study of the pianoforte based on important primary source material. Most histories of the piano begin with its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence in about 1700: this study begins with the earliest fifteenth- and …
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
A Translation and Commentary
Inbunden, 2002
2566 kr
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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise is a classic textbook which has been used as a guide to orchestration and as a source book for the understanding both of Berlioz's music and of orchestral practice in the nineteenth century. This was the first English translation of Berlioz's complete text since …
Musica Getutscht
A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung
Av Sebastian Virdung, Beth Bullard
Inbunden, 1993
1626 kr
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Musica getutscht (Basel, 1511) is the earliest printed treatise on musical instruments in the West. Written by a priest and chapel singer named Sebastian Virdung, it provided rudimentary instruction on playing three instruments: the clavichord, the lute and the recorder. This early 'do-it-yourself' …
Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning
Av Jean Denis, Jr. Panetta, Vincent J. m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
482 kr
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The Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning was the first French document to discuss keyboard performance practice in any detail. Jean Denis was both a harpsichord builder of renown and the organist of a prominent Parisian church, and is thus an authority worthy of careful study. The treatise addresses …
The Making of the Victorian Organ
Inbunden, 1990
2214 kr
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This important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history. Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. Thistlethwaite considers …
Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller
Av Johann Adam Hiller, Suzanne J. Beicken
Inbunden, 2001
1828 kr
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Hiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in 1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth century. Hiller was a masterful educator and was active not only as a teacher but as a critic, composer, conductor and music …
The Early History of the Viol
Av Ian Woodfield, John Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
607 kr
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This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de …
Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller
Av Johann Adam Hiller, Suzanne J. Beicken m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
838 kr
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Hiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in 1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth century. Hiller was a masterful educator and was active not only as a teacher but as a critic, composer, conductor and music …
Bach Interpretation
Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach
Inbunden, 1990
2146 kr
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This study is a comprehensive assessment of J. S. Bach's use of articulation marks (i.e. slurs and dots) in the large body of primary sources. Dr Butt analyses the role of such markings within the compositional process, how they relate to the norms of articulation of the period, and how they might …
Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Häftad, 1990
502 kr
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This volume is one of the first to examine in detail the numerous violin treatises of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It provides a scholarly historical and technical guide to violin pedagogical method, technique and performance practice during the most critical period in the …
The Virtuoso Flute-Player
Av Johann George Tromlitz, Ardal Powell
Häftad, 1991
502 kr
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This is an English translation of Tutor for Playing the Flute (1791) by Johann George Tromlitz. The most explicit of the eighteenth-century tutors for flute-playing, it now serves as a record of instrumental practice as well as a useful guide to the performance of German classical music. The Tutor …
Summa Musice
A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
Inbunden, 1991
2146 kr
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How did medieval musicians learn to perform? How did they compose? What was their sense of the history and purpose of music? The Summa musice, a treatise on practical music from c.1200, sheds light on all these questions. It is a manual for young singers who are learning Gregorian chant for the …
Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German Baroque
Av John Butt, John Butt m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1962 kr
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In considering the role of practical music in education, this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-1800 and …
Introduction to the Art of Singing by Johann Friedrich Agricola
Av Johann Friedrich Agricola, Julianne C. Baird
Inbunden, 1995
1962 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Agricola published Introduction to the Art of Singing in Germany, in 1757, consisting of the 1723 treatise of the Italian singing teacher and castrato, Tosi, to which Agricola added his own running commentary. The Introduction was recognized as invaluable not only for teachers and their pupils but …
A History of Pianoforte Pedalling
Häftad, 2004
838 kr
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David Rowland traces the history of piano pedalling from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to its first maturity in the middle of the nineteenth century and beyond. Pedalling technique was a major feature of nineteenth-century piano performance and, coupled with new developments in piano …
One Hundred Years of Violoncello
A History of Technique and Performance Practice, 1740-1840
Av Valerie Walden, John Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
491 kr
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This is the first book to address the full range of performance issues for the cello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. The development of playing techniques and stylistic transitions are traced regionally through a comparison of Italian, French, German, English, and East European …
German Instrumental Music of the Late Middle Ages
Players, Patrons and Performance Practice
Av Keith Polk, John Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
938 kr
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This book describes instrumental music and its context in German society of the late middle ages - from about 1350 to 1520. Players at that time improvised, much like jazz musicians of our day, but because they did not use notated music, only scant remnants of their activity have survived in …
The Clavichord
Av Bernard Brauchli, John Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
502 kr
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The clavichord, forerunner of the piano, was one of the most important instruments in Western keyboard history until the first decades of the nineteenth century. Bernard Brauchli's comprehensive history fills a major gap in the literature on this instrument. Beginning with the earliest-known …
The Making of the Victorian Organ
Av Nicholas Thistlethwaite, John Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
720 kr
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This important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history. Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. Thistlethwaite considers …
