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.

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.

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.

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,

Origins and Development of Musical Instruments

Origins and Development of Musical Instruments
Author: Jeremy Montagu
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2007-10-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0810877708

A survey of the origins and development of musical instruments world-wide from Paleolithic times to the present day. Illustrated with pictures of several hundred instruments from all over the world on 120 plates, with five maps for ease of reference to exotic places.

Performing Medieval and Renaissance Music

Performing Medieval and Renaissance Music
Author: Elizabeth V. Phillips
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1986
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This is a practical and systematic introduction to all major categories of the ensemble repertory from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The book stresses basic principles of performance that are both historically sound and viable for today's musicians. Includes performance guides for specific works of this period, with some biographical and historical background of the works and their style.