The Notation Is Not the Music. Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, "The Notation Is Not the Music" offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters -and limitations- of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance.

CONTENIDO:

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Underlying Philosophy
2. My Way Towards Research
3. The Limits of Notation
4. The Notation, Its Perception and Rendering
5. Outlook
Bibliography