A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second

A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second Edition (Publications of the Early Music Institute)

Revised and expanded, A Performerâ€™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 tromboneâ€•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.

A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second Edition (Publications of the Early Music Institute)