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Music education and the art of performance in the German baroque / John Butt.

Author/creator Butt, John
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1994.
Descriptionxviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Cambridge musical texts and monographs. ^A261190
Contents The establishment of Lutheran musical practice in the sixteenth century -- The role of practical music in education c. 1600-1750 -- The contents, layout and style of instruction books -- The development of performance practice and the tools of expression and interpretation in the German Baroque -- Ornamentation and the relation between performer and composer -- The decline of the Lutheran cantorates during the eighteenth century.
Abstract In considering the role of practical music in education this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. The understanding, gained through these educational texts, of music as a functional art--musica practica--in turn gives us insight into the thoughts of the contemporary performer and how he might have performed the sacred works of Praetorius, Schutz, Buxtehude, or Bach. For all those interested in historical performance this book provides valuable information on the growing science of performance practice and the development of a conscious awareness of style and idiom in this period.
Local noteLittle-330941--305131039560-
Local noteLittle-330941--305131039560-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
LCCN 93017691
ISBN0521433274

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML457 .B9 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold