| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : music |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Performing styles. When you say something differently, you say something different ; Mind the gap : current styles ; Mainstream style : "Chops, but no soul" -- Part II. How romantic are we? Classical music's coarse caress ; The transparent performer ; Changing meanings, permanent symbols -- Part III. Anachronism and authenticity. Original ears ; Ways of copying the past ; The medium is the message : period instruments -- Part IV. What makes baroque music "baroque"? Baroque expression and romantic expression compared ; The rainbow and the kaleidoscope : romantic phrasing compared with baroque -- Part V. The end of "early" music. Passive and active musicking : stop staring and grow your own ; Perpetual revolution |
| Summary |
Covering historical performance practice in its broadest sense this text identifies common performing styles, comparing and using sound recordings from the past. To help musicians distinguish between Period and Romantic styles, it engages with controversial topics in the field in defining the differences between them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- History
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Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) -- Philosophy and aesthetics
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Techniques.
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Performance practice (Music)
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Oude muziek.
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Uitvoeringspraktijk.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198040941 |
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0198040946 |
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1281162787 |
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9781281162786 |
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9780199864218 |
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0199864217 |
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9786611162788 |
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661116278X |
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9780195189872 |
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0195189876 |
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9781429486170 |
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1429486171 |
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