A performer's guide to seventeenth-century music / edited by Stewart Carter ; revised and expanded by Jeffery Kite-Powell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Stewart, 1944-

Kite-Powell, Jeffery T.

Series:

Publications of the Early Music Institute.

Publications of the Early Music Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music)--History--17th century.

Performance practice (Music).

Music--Performance.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (557 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Performer's guide to 17th-century music

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Octave Designation Chart; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; PART 1. VOCAL/CHORAL ISSUES; 1. National Singing Styles; 2. The Bel Canto Singing Style; 3. Choral Music in France and England; 4. Choral Music in Italy and the Germanic Lands; PART 2. WIND, STRING, AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS; 5. Woodwinds; 6. Cornett and Sackbut; 7. Trombone; 8. Trumpet and Horn; 9. Percussion Instruments and Their Usage; 10. The Violin: Technique and Style; 11. Historical Approaches to Playing the Violin

12. The Viola da Gamba Family13. Violoncello and Violone; 14. Keyboard Instruments; 15. Plucked String Instruments; PART 3. PERFORMANCE PRACTICE AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 16. Ornamentation in Early Seventeenth-Century Italian Music; 17. Basso Continuo; 18. Meter and Tempo; 19. Tuning and Temperament; 20. Pitch and Transposition; PART 4. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STAGE; 21. Dance; 22. Theatrical Productions; Appendix A. List of Names and Dates; Appendix B. A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music: Contents; Appendix C. A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music: Contents; Bibliography

List of ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Prev. ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, c1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-59662-7

9786613626455

0-253-00528-0

OCLC:

794706753