Continuo Playing According to Handel
Title | Continuo Playing According to Handel PDF eBook |
Author | George Frideric Handel |
Publisher | Clarendon Press |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780193184336 |
This book is an edition, with commentary, of Handel's exercises for continuo playing, which he wrote for the daughters of George II. The exercises, which until now have not been readily available, are supplemented by clear and concise commentary. Remaining faithful to his source, Ledbetter, who lectures in keyboard studies, has prepared an edition that will prove invaluable to students and performers of the music of Handel and his contemporaries.
Continuo Playing According to Handel
Title | Continuo Playing According to Handel PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Continuo |
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Bach's Continuo Group
Title | Bach's Continuo Group PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Dreyfus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Music |
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When Bach's cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer's direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic framework? This book answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions.
Music was not Enough
Title | Music was not Enough PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Wilber |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 1987-12-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1349096032 |
Music and Women of the Commedia dell' Arte
Title | Music and Women of the Commedia dell' Arte PDF eBook |
Author | Anne MacNeil |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780198166894 |
Music and the Commedia dell'Arte narrates the story of the most famous commedia dell'arte troupe of the late Renaissance, focusing in particular on the representation of women on stage and on the role of music-making in their craft. In its thorough integration of the fields of music history,theatre history, performance studies, women's studies and Classics, this is the first comprehensive analysis of the leading actresses of the Compagnia dei Gelosi and their contributions to the Renaissance stage. Including an extensive survey of documents concerning comedians, their patrons,colleagues and audiences, Music and the Commedia dell'Arte provides a rich context for the study of musical-theatrical performance before the advent of opera and re-defines our perceptions of women, music and theatre in the Renaissance.
Play the Viol
Title | Play the Viol PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Crum |
Publisher | Clarendon Press |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780198163114 |
Play the Viol meets the need for a comprehensive guide to playing technique which provides for the specific requirements of the adult beginner. The book covers the treble, tenor, and bass viol, and assumes no knowledge beyond an ability to read music.
Opera's First Master
Title | Opera's First Master PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Ringer |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781574671100 |
"Includes full-length Harmonia Mundi CD"--Cover, p. 1.