Performance Practice, Vol. 1: Music Before 1600

by Howard Mayer Brown (Editor), Stanley Sadie (Editor)

This handbook, an entirely new work, is not simply another guide to the performance of music of the past; it is, rather, a book about the study of past performance. Each main section - Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century - contains an introduction dealing with contexts of performance as well as sources and theory. This is followed by detailed discussions of vocal and instrumental performance.

Genres: Music

281 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990