The end of early music : a period performer's history of music for the twenty-first century

The end of early music : a period performer's history of music for the twenty-first century / Bruce Haynes.

"Its performing traditions lost to time, early music has become the subject of significant controversy across the world of classical music and presents numerous challenges for musicians, composers, and even listening audiences. The studies of instruments and notes on early manuscript pages may...

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Main Author: Haynes, Bruce, 1942-2011
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Performance practice (Music) > History.
Music > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) > Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Techniques.
Performance practice (Music)
Oude muziek.
Uitvoeringspraktijk.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I : performing styles. When you say something differently, you say something different ; Mind the gap : current styles ; Mainstream style : "chops, but no soul"
  • Part II : how romantic are we? Classical music's coarse caress ; The transparent performer ; Changing meanings, permanent symbols
  • Part III : anachronism and authenticity. Original ears ; Ways of copying the past ; The medium is the message : period instruments
  • Part IV : what makes Baroque music "baroque"? Baroque expression and Romantic expression compared ; The rainbow and the kaleidoscope : Romantic phrasing compared with Baroque
  • Part V : the end of "early" music. Passive and active musicking : stop staring and grow your own ; Perpetual revolution.

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