The end of early music : a period performer's history of music for the twenty-first century / Bruce Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Bruce, 1942-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music)--History.

Performance practice (Music).

Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 284 pages : music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Part history, part explanation of early music, this book also plays devil's advocate, criticizing current practices and urging experimentation. Haynes, a veteran of the movement, describes a vision of the future that involves improvisation, rhetorical expression, and composition. Written for musicians and non-musicians alike.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.

ISBN:

9780195189872

0195189876

OCLC:

70707774

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