| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1 Making Early Music -- 1 Introduction 3 -- 2 Seven Ages of Early Music 19 -- 3 Transcending Text & Act? 37 -- Part 2 Making Early Music Work -- 4 A Tale of Two Authenticities 57 -- 5 Shake, Rattle and Roll 76 -- 6 Holding History in Their Hands 93 -- Early Music in Early Music (illustrations) 110 -- Part 3 Making Early Music Pay -- 7 Spinning Out Early Music 123 -- 8 Jumping on the Old Band Wagon? 140 -- 9 Everything to Play for 157 -- Part 4 Making Early Music in the Modern Age -- 10 The Thief Who Came to Dinner 177 -- 11 The Ineluctable Ore of the Authentic 196 -- 12 The Art of Re-enchantment 212 |
| Summary |
This study tells the story of the British early music movement. Since the late-1960s this influential cultural phenomenon has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, revolutionising the classical music profession in the process. 40 years on, the influence of historically informed performance is everywhere to hear. And yet the extraordinary rise of 'Early Music', founded on its apparently uncompromising agenda of 'authenticity', has been anything but uncontroversial |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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Performance practice (Music) -- Great Britain
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Music
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Performance practice (Music)
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199939947 |
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0199939942 |
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9780199369775 |
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0199369771 |
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