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Zusatztext "The book 'offers a first systematic exploration of the tight relationship between improvisation! music theory and practical musicianship from the late Renaissance to the Baroque period' (though one of the most interesting chapters! by the Italian scholar Giorgio Sanguinetti! extends to an examination of 'incomplete notation' in Mozart's keyboard music! and how this might be 'realised')." -Tom Cooper! The Consort Early Music Journal! vol.74! Summer 2018"The rich panorama of historical techniques and traditions illuminated by Guido's collection will be of interest to scholars! instructors! and practitioners alike. Indeed! it is the counterpoint among philological work! active music-making! and old teaching made new that generates such insight; the treatment of these traditions under one cover highlights connections between scholarship and practice on the one hand! and among different styles within the book's chronological window (1500-1750) on the other hand. ... The collection demonstrates that the project of historical improvisation can indeed succeed through the ongoing collective efforts of! and the dialogues between! scholars and practitioners."- Gilad Rabinovitch! Music Theory Online! vol. 23! no. 4! December 2017 Informationen zum Autor Massimiliano Guido is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage of Pavia University, Italy, where he teaches courses in history of music theory and history of musical instruments. Previously he served as a Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada, working with Peter Schubert on a project about the art of memory at the keyboard as a tool for teaching counterpoint (2012-14). He was the principal investigator of the research project Improvisation in Classical Music Education: Rethinking our Future by Learning our Past, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2013-14). He holds degrees in musicology (Pavia Univ. Doctorate and Laurea, Göteborg Univ. Master of Music Research), organ (Parma Conservatory, Italy), and harpsichord (Como Conservatory, Italy). He combines musicological research with organ teaching and performance. Klappentext In recent years, scholars and musicians have become increasingly interested in the revival of musical improvisation as it was known in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This historically informed practice is now supplanting the late Romantic view of improvised music as a rhapsodic endeavour that dominated throughout the twentieth century. Throughout its various sections, this volume explores the path of improvisation from theory to practice and back again. It offers the first systematic exploration of the close relationship among improvisation, music theory and practical musicianship from late Renaissance into the Baroque era. Zusammenfassung In recent years, scholars and musicians have become increasingly interested in the revival of musical improvisation as it was known in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This historically informed practice is now supplanting the late Romantic view of improvised music as a rhapsodic endeavour—a musical blossoming out of the capricious genius of the player—that dominated throughout the twentieth century. In the Renaissance and Baroque eras, composing in the mind ( alla mente ) had an important didactic function. For several categories of musicians, the teaching of counterpoint happened almost entirely through practice on their own instruments. This volume offers the first systematic exploration of the close relationship among improvisation, music theory, and practical musicianship from late Renaissance into the Baroque era. It is not a historical survey per se , but rather aims to re-establish the importance of such a combination as a pedagogical tool for a better understanding of the musical idioms of these periods. The auth...
