| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; About the Companion Web Site; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Part-Book versus Score Culture; 3. Solmization; 4. Metric Hierarchy, Articulation, and Rhythmic Flexibility; 5. Cadences; 6. Mode; 7. The Rhetoric of Counterpoint; 8. What Skills Were Expected of Professional Musicians?; 9. Score Culture; 10. Conclusion; Appendix: Modal Characteristics; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Most modern performers, trained on the performance practices of the Classical and Romantic periods, come to the music of the Renaissance with well-honed but anachronistic ideas. Fundamental differences between 16th-century repertoire and that of later epochs thus tend to be overlooked-yet it is just these differences which can make a performance truly stunning. The Performance of 16th-Century Music will enable the performer to better understand this music and advance their technical and expressive abilities. Early music specialist Anne Smith outlines several major areas of technical knowledge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 16th century.
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Performance practice (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199792542 |
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0199792542 |
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1283098148 |
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9781283098144 |
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9780199742615 |
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0199742618 |
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9780199742622 |
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0199742626 |
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