Performance Practice In The Baroque Era, As Related by Primary Sources.

Shrock uses baroque-era treatises on music and performance to create a guide to performance practices of the era. Includes chapters on sound -- meter, tempo and conducting -- articulation and phrasing -- metric accentuation -- rhythmic alteration -- ornamentation -- and expression. With an introduction, bibliography and index. Music examples.

xii, 462 p.; 26 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
Edition Number: G 8470
ISBN: 1579999638
ISBN13: 9781579999636
Distributor Number: G8470
UPC: 9781579999636