The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music
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- Editors:
- Colin Lawson, Royal College of Music, London
- Robin Stowell, Cardiff University
- Date Published: February 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107518476
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Recent decades have seen a major increase of interest in historical performance practice, but until now there has been no comprehensive reference tool available on the subject. This fully up-to-date, illuminating and accessible volume will assist readers in rediscovering and recreating as closely as possible how musical works may originally have sounded. Focusing on performance, this Encyclopedia contains entries in categories including issues of style, techniques and practices, the history and development of musical instruments, and the work of performers, scholars, theorists, composers and editors. It features contributions from more than 100 leading experts who provide a geographically varied survey of both theory and practice, as well as evaluation of and opinions on the resolution of problems in period performance. This timely and ground breaking book will be an essential resource for students, scholars, teachers, performers and audiences.
Read more- This is a comprehensive, up-to-date and illuminating resource for information about the theory and practice of historical musical performance
- The book is valuable scholarly reference tool for performers, teachers, students and specialists
- Covers topics including style, techniques, practices, and the development of instruments, and key figures including directors, performers, theorists, composers and editors
Awards
- Winner, 2019 C.B. Oldman Prize, IAML (UK & Ireland)
Reviews & endorsements
'Lawson (Royal College of Music, UK) and Stowell (Cardiff Univ., UK) assembled a team of 112 expert contributors, most from British and American universities, and the entries are of uniformly high quality. … The encyclopedia includes many useful musical examples and illustrations, and most of the entries include a brief bibliography of suggested reading. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.' W. E. Grim, Choice
See more reviews‘This Encyclopedia is an outstanding publication which makes a valuable and timely contribution to the literature. It will be of interest not only to students, scholars, teachers and performers, but also to general music-lovers with a desire to learn about the subject of historical performance. It will undoubtedly become a standard text for many years to come …’ International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK and Ireland) Executive Committee, Official Citation for 2019 C.B. Oldman Award
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- Date Published: February 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107518476
- length: 765 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 41 mm
- weight: 1.109kg
- contains: 18 b/w illus. 5 tables 50 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of music examples
List of contributors
Editors' preface
List of abbreviations
Selected treatises commonly cited in abbreviated forms
A-Z general entries
Index.
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