The World of Medieval & Renaissance Musical Instruments

The World of Medieval & Renaissance Musical Instruments
Author: Jeremy Montagu
Publisher: Woodstock [N. Y.] : Overlook Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1976
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Through an in-depth study of instruments and illustrations from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the author pieces together information on instruments available to early musicians and the religious and secular purposes for which they were used.

Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages

Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages
Author: TimothyJ. McGee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135156272X

This is a collection of twenty-nine of the most influential articles and papers about medieval musical instruments and their repertory. The authors discuss the construction of the instruments, their playing technique, the occasions for which they performed and their repertory. Taken as a whole, they paint a very broad, as well as detailed, picture of instrumental performance during the medieval period.

The Organ

The Organ
Author: Douglas Earl Bush
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2006
Genre: Organ (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0415941741

Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.

Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Author: David Munrow
Publisher: London : Oxford University Press, Music Department
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1976
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Written by the founder of the Early Music Consort of London and a virtuoso performer on early wind instruments, this beautifully-illustrated volume offers a wealth of social and historical background information necessary for a full understanding of the function of instruments in both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music

Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
Author: Tess Knighton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520210816

With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.

Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments
Author: Murray Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780198165040

A reference guide to musical instruments.

Music and Musical Instruments in Medieval History

Music and Musical Instruments in Medieval History
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: Civilization, Medieval
ISBN: 9781438197364

Ideal for students taking honors- and AP-level world history courses, this eBook allows readers to follow the evolution of music and musical instruments in the medieval world, from the fall of Rome to the European Renaissance,

Music

Music
Author: Russell Kuhtz
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1680483625

Throughout history, music has been an important accompaniment to other art forms, most notably drama, and to traditional rituals. Today, music dominates the arts. It is broadcast to the farthest corners of the globe by means of radio, film, television, musical theatre, and the Internet. Live performances, meanwhile, have never ceased to entertain, inform, and impact contemporary society. This comprehensive volume examines music notation, sound, and structure; musical composition and form; the various characteristics of instruments as well as their classification and history, including electronic instruments; musical performance and expression; and styles and genres of music in Western cultures.