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Performance practice is the study of how music was performed over the centuries, both by its originators (the composers and performers who introduced the works) and, later, by revivalists. This first of its kind Dictionary offers entries on composers, musiciansperformers, technical terms, performance centers, musical instruments, and genres, all aimed at elucidating issues in performance practice. This A-Z guide will help students, scholars, and listeners understand how musical works were originally performed and subsequently changed over the centuries. Compiled by a leading scholar in the field, this work will serve as both a point-of-entry for beginners as well as a roadmap for advanced scholarship in the field.
Performance practice is the study of how music was performed over the centuries, both by its originators (the composers and performers who introduced the works) and, later, by revivalists. This first of its kind Dictionary offers entries on composers, musiciansperformers, technical terms, performance centers, musical instruments, and genres, all aimed at elucidating issues in performance practice. This A-Z guide will help students, scholars, and listeners understand how musical works were originally performed and subsequently changed over the centuries. Compiled by a leading scholar in the field, this work will serve as both a point-of-entry for beginners as well as a roadmap for advanced scholarship in the field.
Introduction, Abbreviations of Reference Works, Abbreviations, Index of Theorists and Early Writers, Listing from A to Z, Index
Roland Jackson
"Educators, students, musicians, and lay listeners alike---anyone
with an interest in how written music is to be translated from the
page into sound---will welcome this timely, wide-ranging synthesis
of the research and scholarship that lend authority to thoughtful
interpretation... The book is thorough in its coverage...
Recommended. All levels." -- Choice
"For students, performers, and scholars, this alphabetical
reference to performance proactice gives information on the
historical performance of instruments, genres, techniques, and
ornaments, and contains entries on performers, early and more
recent composers, and theorists, with some illustrations. Some
entries are brief and some are extensive. Provides a list of
theorists and early writers, and bibliographic references within
the text." -- Reference & Research Book News"Performance Practice
is an excellent ready-reference work for investigating the many
aspects of historical performance practices and how one might
approach the subject today. Praise goes to the author for
presenting this work in dictionary form; not only does it make the
subject accessible, it also artfully engages the reader to explore
this fascinating subject of performance practices. This work is
highly recommended for all musicians and reference divisions of
college and university libraries." -- American Reference Books
Annual"This guide to the current literature on the subject is a
tour-de-force by one of the pioneers in the field... While many
entries provide basic definitions as guides to beginning studenets,
other more technical essays are aimed at advanced acholars... This
groundbreaking guide will be essential for academic music
collections." --Lawrence Looks at Books, Gale Reference Reviews
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