A Performer's Guide to Music of the Baroque Period

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The latest thinking on stylish performance presented in a clear, helpful and practical way. Includes chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, with specialist advice for keyboard, string and wind players, and singers. Book comes with a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings.

Inhalt

Preface (Baroque period) [Anthony Burton]; Introduction [Christopher Hogwood]; Historical Background [George Pratt]; Notation and Interpretation [Peter Holman]; Keyboard [Davitt Moroney]; Strings [Andrew Manze]; Wind Instruments [Stephen Preston]; Singing [John Potter]; Sources and Editions [Clifford Bartlett]