Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Title | Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Dolmetsch |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0486442756 |
One of the most influential figures in the twentieth-century revival of early music, Arnold Dolmetsch (1858–1940) was the first to apply academic attention to the issue of authentic historical performance. His groundbreaking study, The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries, first appeared in 1915 and remains a landmark of musicology. An outstanding musician, teacher, and maker of Baroque-style instruments, Dolmetsch sought the correct interpretation of Baroque music in order to heighten its expressive intent and emotional impact. In this study, he quotes extensively from both familiar and lesser-known treatises of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, adding enlightening comments to each quotation and providing illuminating conclusions. Topics include tempo, rhythm, ornamentation, figured bass realization, wrist positioning, and fingering, and musical instruments of the period. A rare appendix of musical examples, originally published separately, appears in this new edition of the first book to address in a comprehensive and scholarly manner the problems of performing Baroque music. More than a text on performance practices, this classic offers glimpses of what Baroque music meant—both as an art and a science—to musicians of the era.
The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Title | The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Dolmetsch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 493 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780781204156 |
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The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Title | The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Dolmetsch |
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Pages | |
Release | 1944 |
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The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries, Appendix
Title | The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries, Appendix PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Dolmetsch |
Publisher | |
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Release | 1946 |
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Text is shelved at 783.97.
The Rules of Musical Interpretation in the Baroque Era (17th-18th Centuries), Common to All Instruments
Title | The Rules of Musical Interpretation in the Baroque Era (17th-18th Centuries), Common to All Instruments PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Claude Veilhan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
The Interpretation of the Music of the XVII [17]th and [XVIII]18th Centuries
Title | The Interpretation of the Music of the XVII [17]th and [XVIII]18th Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Dolmetsch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 493 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Embellishment (Music) |
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A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music
Title | A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Carter |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2012-03-21 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0253005280 |
Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.