Series |
Norton/Grove handbooks in music Norton/Grove handbooks in music. ^A256358
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Contents |
Volume 1. Music before 1600: The middle ages. Introduction / Howard M. Brown ; Instruments / Howard M. Brown ; Chant / David Hiley ; Secular monophony / Wulf Arlt ; Polyphony before 1400 / Christopher Page -- Interlude. Musical ficta / Karol Berger ; Tempo and proportions / Alejandro Planchart -- The Renaissance. Introduction ; Instruments / Howard M. Brown ; Sacred polyphony / Christopher A. Reynolds ; Secular polyphony in the 15th century / David Fallows ; Secular polyphony in the 16th century / Anthony Newcomb ; Monophony and the unwritten traditions / James Haar. |
Contents |
Volume 2. Music after 1600: The Baroque era. Introduction / Eleanor Selfridge-Field ; Keyboards / Peter Williams ; Strings / Peter Walls ; Woodwind and brass / Alan Lumsden ; Voices / Ellen T. Harris ; The performer as composer / David Fuller ; Pitch / Cary Karp ; Tuning and intonation ; Keyboard fingering and articulation / Mark Lindley -- The Classical era. Introduction / Neal Zaslaw ; Keyboards / Malcolm Bilson ; Strings / Robin Stowell ; Woodwind and brass / David Charlton ; Instrumental ornamentation, improvisation and cadenzas / Robert D. Levin ; Voices / Will Crutchfield -- The 19th century. Introduction / D. Kern Holoman ; Keyboards / Robert Winter ; Organ / Wayne Leupold ; Strings / Robin Stowell ; Woodwind and brass / David Charlton ; Voices / Will Crutchfield -- The 20th century. 1900-1940 / Robert Philip ; Since 1940 / Paul Griffiths. |
Abstract |
This handbook, an entirely new work, is not simply another guide to the performance of music of the past; it is, rather, a book about the study of past performance. Each main section--Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century--contains an introduction dealing with contexts of performance as well as sources and theory. This is followed by detailed discussions of vocal and instrumental performance. |
General note | Parts of this material first published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1980. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271 (volume 1); pages 492-511) and indexes. |
ISBN | 0393028070 |