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Author Kelly, Thomas Forrest.

Title Early music : a very short introduction / Thomas Forrest Kelly
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations
Series Very short introductions
Very short introductions.
Contents What does "early music" mean? -- Repertories: medieval -- Repertories: renaissance -- Repertories: baroque -- Performing issues -- The modern early music revival
Summary From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repert
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and indexes
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Subject Performance practice (Music)
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism
Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism
Music -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Performance practice (Music)
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music -- History and criticism. -- 500-1400.
Music -- History and criticism. -- 15th century.
Music -- History and criticism. -- 16th century.
Music -- History and criticism. -- 17th century.
Music
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Performance practice (Music)
Uitvoeringspraktijk.
Oude muziek.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199830602
0199830606
9780199831890
0199831890