A Performer?s Guide to Music of the Baroque Period

These stimulating guides will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. They will also add to the knowledge and understanding of amateur and proffesional musician and all music lovers.

- the latest thinking on stylish performance presented in a clear, helpful and practical way
- chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions
- specialist advice for keyboard, string and wind players, and singers
- illustrated with many music examples, facsimiles and pictures
- includes a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings


CONTENIDO:

Preface (Anthony Burton)
Introduction (Christopher Hogwood)
1- Historical Background (George Pratt)
2- Notation and Interpretation (Peter Homan)
3- Keyboard (Davitt Moroney)
4- Strings (Andrew Manze)
5- Wind Instruments (Stephen Preston)
6- Singing (John Potter)
7- Sources and Editions (Clifford Bartlett)
Sugestion for further readings
Notes on the CD