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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haynes, Bruce, 1942-2011
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : 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.
Electronic books.
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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