A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music / edited by Jeffery Kite-Powell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kite-Powell, Jeffery T.

Series:

Publications of the Early Music Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music)--History--16th century.

Performance practice (Music).

Performance practice (Music)--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade.The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audie

Contents:

Vocal/choral issues. The solo voice in the Renaissance / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart ; Practical matters of vocal performance / Anthony Rooley

Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder / Herbert Myers ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Capped double reeds : crumhorn

Kortholt

Schreierpfeif / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross Duffin ; Racket : rackett, rankett (Ger.), cervelas (Fr.), cervello (It.) / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Bagpipe / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter ; Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie ; The violin / David Douglass ; Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette ; The harp / Herbert Myers ; Early percussion / Benjamin Harms ; Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth

Practical considerations/instrumentation. Proto-continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Mixed ensembles / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Rehearsal tips for directors / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Performance editions / Frederick Gable

Performance practice. Tuning and temperament / Ross Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Ornamentation in sixteenth-century music / Bruce Dickey ; Pronunciation guides / Ross Duffin

Aspects of theory. Eight brief rules for composing a si placet altus, ca. 1470-1510 / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Renaissance theory / Sarah Mead

Introduction to Renaissance dance. Early Renaissance dance, 1450-1520 / Yvonne Kendall

For the early music director. Starting from scratch / Jeffery Kite-Powell.

Notes:

Previous ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-452) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253013774

0253013771

OCLC:

858764832