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A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second Edition
Jeffery Kite-Powell (Author), Sally Sanford (Contributions by), Stewart Carter (Edited by), Julianne C. Baird (Contributions by), Anne H. Heider (Contributions by), Gary Towne (Contributions by), Herbert Myers (Contributions by), Bruce Dickey (Contributions by), Steven Plank (Contributions by), John M. Cooper (Contributions by), David Douglas (Contributions by), Julie Andrijeski (Contributions by), Mark Kroll (Contributions by), Marc Vanscheeuwijck (Contributions by), Paul O'Dette (Contributions by), Stuart Cheney (Contributions by), Jack Ashworth (Contributions by), George Houle (Contributions by), Dorothy Olsson (Contributions by), James Middleton (Contributions by)
9780253357069
Hardback, published 21 March 2012
560 pages, 20 b&w illus., 58 music exx.
23.5 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm, 0.907 kg
[A] welcome update to a highly valuable resource for the study of performance practice, and should be a staple for any collection supporting a curriculum of music history and/or historically informed approaches to performing music of the seventeenth century. A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music is an invaluable resource for both students and professional musicians: it brings musicians up to date on musical research for the period; it helps performers to see the seventeenth-century as (almost) a separate era within the Baroque. There's a vast amount of information here, and considerable wisdom. Those exploring 17th-century music should buy a copy. Full of interest, this performer's guide sometimes seems aimed at the listener and musical historian as much as the performer.
Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.
List of Illustrations Part 1. Vocal/Choral Issues Appendix A. List of Names and Dates
Octave Designation Chart
Preface to the Second Edition \ Jeffery Kite-Powell
Preface to the First Edition \ Stewart Carter
Acknowledgments
1. National Singing Styles \ Sally Sanford
2. The Bel Canto Singing Style \ Julianne Baird
3. Choral Music in France and England \ Anne Harrington Heider
4. Choral Music in Italy and the Germanic Lands \ Gary Towne
Part 2. Wind, String, and Percussion Instruments
5. Woodwinds \ Herbert Myers
6. Cornett and Sackbut \ Bruce Dickey
7. Trombone \ Stewart Carter
8. Trumpet and Horn \ Steven E. Plank
9. Percussion and Timpani \ John Michael Cooper
10. The Violin: Technique and Style \ David Douglass
11. Historical Approaches to Playing the Violin \ Julie Andrijeski
12. The Viola da Gamba Family \ Stuart Cheney with Barbara Coeyman
13. Violoncello and Violone \ Marc Vanscheeuwijck
14. Keyboard Instruments \ Mark Kroll
15. Plucked String Instruments \ Paul O'Dette
Part 3. Performance Practice and Practical Considerations
16. Ornamentation in Early Seventeenth-Century Italian Music \ Bruce Dickey
17. Basso Continuo \ Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette
18. Meter and Tempo \ George Houle
19. Tuning and Temperament \ Herbert Myers
20. Pitch and Transposition \ Herbert Myers
Part 4. The Seventeenth-Century Stage
21. Dance \ Dorothy Olsson
22. Theatrical Productions \ James Middleton
Appendix B. A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music: Contents
Appendix C. A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music: Contents
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index