German Instrumental Music of the Late Middle Ages - Players, Patrons and Performance Practice

Klappentext This book describes instrumental music and its context in German society of the late middle ages. Zusammenfassung This book describes instrumental music and its context in German society of the late middle ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on the music examples and German text; 1. Germany and instrumental music in the Late Middle Ages; 2. German soft music, the instruments and ensembles; 3. German loud music, the instruments and ensembles; 4. The patrons: music in German courts; 5. The patrons: music in German cities; 6. The sources and the written repertory of instrumental polyphony; 7. Approaches to instrumental performance practice: models of extemporaneous techniques; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Polk
• Assisted by: John Butt (Editor), Laurence Dreyfus (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2005
• EAN: 9780521612029
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61202-9
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Musical Texts and Mo
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Instrument lessons