The Library of Essays on Music Performance Practice
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Series Editor: Mary Cyr, University of Guelph, Ontario,
Canada
The revival of interest in early instruments that began over a
hundred years ago has more recently led to a desire amongst
scholars, performers, and listeners to understand how old
instruments sounded, how music was sung and by whom, and how
musical symbols were interpreted. The essays brought together in
this series show how the results of research into performance
practice have fundamentally changed the way that early music is
performed today.
The four volumes in this series are divided according to the
traditional boundaries of the historical periods in music:
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical and Romantic. The
repertoire represented ranges broadly across Western art music,
both secular and sacred, and each volume addresses issues that
arise in both vocal and instrumental music. The geographical area
covered also extends well beyond Europe. Each volume is edited by a
recognized authority in the field of performance practice, and
includes a select bibliography and an introduction which offers an
authoritative overview of the issues and controversies that have
dominated performance practice research within the period.
This collection of the most influential English-language
writings about performance practice published within the past
several decades is an essential reference tool for libraries. In
addition, the series offers a significant benefit to students as it
brings together important articles in the field from disparate
journals which are often difficult to locate and of limited access.
Students are thus able to study leading articles side by side for
comparison whilst lecturers are provided with an invaluable
‘one-stop’ teaching resource.
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