| Description |
xix, 284 pages : music ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index. |
| Note |
Recorded examples available on companion website. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Performing styles. When you say something differently, you say something different ; Mind the gap : current styles ; Mainstream style : "Chops, but no soul" -- Part II. How romantic are we? Classical music's coarse caress ; The transparent performer ; Changing meanings, permanent symbols -- Part III. Anachronism and authenticity. Original ears ; Ways of copying the past ; The medium is the message : period instruments -- Part IV. What makes baroque music "baroque"? Baroque expression and romantic expression compared ; The rainbow and the kaleidoscope : romantic phrasing compared with baroque -- Part V. The end of "early" music. Passive and active musicking : stop staring and grow your own ; Perpetual revolution. |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- History.
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Performance practice (Music) |
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History. |
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Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) |
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. |
| ISBN |
9780195189872 alkaline paper |
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0195189876 |
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