Early music: a very short introduction
From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitemen…
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- Full title :Early music : a very short introduction / Thomas Forrest Kelly.
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From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repert.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (130 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199830602, 0199830606, 9780199831890, 0199831890
- oclc:ocn711758088
- LC Classification:ML457
- Dewey Decimal:780.9
Table of Contents
What does "early music" mean? -- Repertories: medieval -- Repertories: renaissance -- Repertories: baroque -- Performing issues -- The modern early music revival.
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