Embellishing 16th-Century Music

Klappentext The authentic performance of sixteenth-century music involves more than just reading the notes. The singers and musicians of the time were expected to add elaborate ornamentation according to very precise rules! but exactly how these rules should be interpreted and applied has always presented considerable problems to the modern performer. This clear! concise! and practical guide to the kinds of ornamentation appropriate to sixteenth-century music is a valuable handbook for those desiring to perform the music of the period. Zusammenfassung The authentic performance of sixteenth-century music involves more than just reading the notes. The singers and musicians of the time were expected to add elaborate ornamentation according to very precise rules, but exactly how these rules should be interpreted and applied has always presented considerable problems to the modern performer. This clear, concise, and practical guide to the kinds of ornamentation appropriate to sixteenth-century music is a valuable handbook for those desiring to perform the music of the period.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Howard Mayer Brown, Howard M. Brown, Brown Howard Mayer
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.03.1976
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Storia della musica
• EAN: 9780193231757
• ISBN: 978-0-19-323175-7
• Numero di pagine: 94
• Serie: Early Music Series; Early Music Series > 1
• Categorie: MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory; Theory of music & musicology; Theory of music and musicology