Early Recordings and Musical Style
Changing Tastes in Instrumental Performance, 1900–1950
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- Author: Robert Philip
- Date Published: August 2004
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521607445
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Until recently, early recordings were regarded as little more than old-fashioned curiosities by musicians. Scholars and musicians now are beginning to realise their importance as historical documents which preserve the performance of composers and the musicians with whom they worked. In this fascinating study, Robert Philip argues that recordings of the early twentieth-century provide an important and hitherto neglected resource in the history of musical performance. The book concentrates on aspects of performance which underwent the greatest change in the early twentieth century, including rhythm, rubato, vibrato, and portamento. The final chapters explore some of the implications of these changes, both for the study of earlier periods and for the understanding of our own attitudes to the music of the past.
Read more- The first study of early recordings as historical documents
- Robert Philip reveals how to listen to early records and uncover the style and technique of the period
- Of interest to scholars and students of music history and performance practice and to musicians and collectors of historical recordings
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- Date Published: August 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521607445
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 245 x 187 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.52kg
- contains: 28 tables 65 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Part I. Rhythm:
1. Flexibility of tempo
2. Tempo rubato
3. Long and short notes
Part II. Vibrato:
4. String vibrato
5. Woodwind vibrato
Part III. Portamento:
6. Solo portamento
7. Orchestral portamento
Part IV. Implications:
8. Implications for the nineteenth century
9. Implications for the future
Notes
Discography.
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