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Author | : Bernard D. Sherman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2003-10-09 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780195343656 |
The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and the best-selling Beethoven recording of 1995 was a period-instruments symphony cycle led by John Eliot Gardiner, who is Deutsche Grammophon's top-selling living conductor. But the movement has generated as much controversy as it has best-selling records, not only about the merits of its results, but also about the validity of its approach. To what degree can we recreate long-lost performing styles? How important are historical period instruments for the performance of a piece? Why should musicians bother with historical information? Are they sacrificing art to scholarship? Now, in Inside Early Music, Bernard D. Sherman has invited many of the leading practitioners to speak out about their passion for early music--why they are attracted to this movement and how it shapes their work. Readers listen in on conversations with conductors Gardiner, William Christie, and Roger Norrington, Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, vocalists Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, forte pianist Robert Levin, cellist Anner Bylsma, and many other leading artists. The book is divided into musical eras--Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classic and Romantic--with each interview focusing on particular composers or styles, touching on heated topics such as the debate over what is "authentic," the value of playing on period instruments, and how to interpret the composer's intentions. Whether debating how to perform Monteverdi's madrigals or comparing Andrew Lawrence-King's Renaissance harp playing to jazz, the performers convey not only a devotion to the spirit of period performance, but the joy of discovery as they struggle to bring the music most truthfully to life. Spurred on by Sherman's probing questions and immense knowledge of the subject, these conversations movingly document the aspirations, growing pains, and emerging maturity of the most exciting movement in contemporary classical performance, allowing each artist's personality and love for his or her craft to shine through. From medieval plainchant to Brahms' orchestral works, Inside Early Music takes readers-whether enthusiasts or detractors-behind the scenes to provide a masterful portrait of early music's controversies, challenges, and rewards.
Author | : Timothy J. McGee |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780253210265 |
Accompanying CD includes readings of most of the sample texts found in the book. The CD is intended to assist in interpreting the phonetic symbols, which are truncated in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).
Author | : Cristle Collins Judd |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2014-04-23 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1135704627 |
Discussion of tonal structure has been one of the most problematic and controversial aspects of modern study of Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. These new essays written specifically for this volume consider the issue from historical, analytical, theoretical, perceptual and cultural perspectives.
Author | : Bernard D. Sherman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019516945X |
Twenty-three musicians and conductors discuss the early music movement, in which music is played with the styles and instruments used when the piece was originally written and performed. "Each interview [focuses] on particular composers or styles, touching on heated topics such as how historical evidence should be used, why period instruments might matter, and what 'authenticity' is."--Jacket.
Author | : University of London Katharine Ellis Reader in Music Royal Holloway |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2005-08-24 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0199710856 |
This study of the French early music revival gives us a vivid sense of how music's cultural meanings were contested in the nineteenth century. It surveys the main patterns of revivalist activity while also providing in-depth studies of repertories stretching from Adam de la Halle to Rameau.
Author | : Dix Bruce |
Publisher | : Mel Bay Publications |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2020-12-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1513455850 |
Mandolin Picking Tunes: Early Music Gems by Dix Bruce is a collection of 34 wonderful songs from the 1200s to the 1600s especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. The titles span the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras and the sounds of the individual songs reflect those years. The music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. Includes access to online audio recordings of each piece for listening and playing along.
Author | : Bruce Haynes |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2007-07-20 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0195189876 |
Author | : Bruce Haynes |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2002-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810841851 |
Haynes (U. of Montreal) traces the history of musical pitch standards over the last four centuries, linking frequency values to pitch names and telling where, when, and why various pitch levels have been used. With a focus on Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the Hapsburg lands, he covers the pitches of about 1,400 historical instruments and how the design and function influenced and were influenced by changes in pitch. In addition, he studies the effect of pitch differences on musical notation and choice of key. The author has also written a book on the oboe, the instrument that plays the "A" to which a symphony orchestra tunes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Carl Parrish |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0486171450 |
Features 50 compositions from early Middle Ages to mid-18th century, including a Gregorian hymn, English lute piece, operatic arias, instrumental and vocal motets; works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Scarlatti, and others. Features commentary.
Author | : Nick Wilson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0199939934 |
Historically informed performance (HIP) has provoked heated debate amongst musicologists, performers and cultural sociologists. In The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age, author Nick Wilson answers many salient questions surrounding HIP through an in-depth analysis of the early music movement in Britain from the 1960s to the present day.