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A performer's guide to seventeenth-century music / / edited by Stewart Carter ; revised and expanded by Jeffery Kite-Powell



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Titolo: A performer's guide to seventeenth-century music / / edited by Stewart Carter ; revised and expanded by Jeffery Kite-Powell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (557 p.)
Disciplina: 781.4/309032
Soggetto topico: Performance practice (Music) - History - 17th century
Music - Performance
Altri autori: CarterStewart <1944->  
Kite-PowellJeffery T  
Note generali: Prev. ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, c1997.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Octave Designation Chart; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; PART 1. VOCAL/CHORAL ISSUES; 1. National Singing Styles; 2. The Bel Canto Singing Style; 3. Choral Music in France and England; 4. Choral Music in Italy and the Germanic Lands; PART 2. WIND, STRING, AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS; 5. Woodwinds; 6. Cornett and Sackbut; 7. Trombone; 8. Trumpet and Horn; 9. Percussion Instruments and Their Usage; 10. The Violin: Technique and Style; 11. Historical Approaches to Playing the Violin
12. The Viola da Gamba Family13. Violoncello and Violone; 14. Keyboard Instruments; 15. Plucked String Instruments; PART 3. PERFORMANCE PRACTICE AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 16. Ornamentation in Early Seventeenth-Century Italian Music; 17. Basso Continuo; 18. Meter and Tempo; 19. Tuning and Temperament; 20. Pitch and Transposition; PART 4. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STAGE; 21. Dance; 22. Theatrical Productions; Appendix A. List of Names and Dates; Appendix B. A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music: Contents; Appendix C. A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music: Contents; Bibliography
List of ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone-as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible
Altri titoli varianti: Performer's guide to 17th-century music
Titolo autorizzato: A performer's guide to seventeenth-century music  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-59662-7
9786613626455
0-253-00528-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827101903321
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Serie: Publications of the Early Music Institute.