This is the first comprehensive assessment of J. S. Bach's use of articulation marks (i.e. slurs and dots) in the large body of primary sources. Dr Butt analyses the role of such markings within the compositional process, how they relate to the norms of articulation of the perio…
"Twentieth-century musicians endeavouring to re-create the music of earlier periods face a variety of challenges. Robert Toft addresses one of these: in the sixteenth century, sharps and flats were rarely notated in the sources of vocal music. Singers were expected to be familia…
The oral traditions surrounding the application of sharps and flats to 16th century vocal music are documented in relation to theoretical literature, vocal sources, and intabulations of vocal music. Special reference is made to the motets of Josquin Desprez, Clemens non Papa, an…
"Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines twentieth-century baroque performance practice as evinced in all the commercially available recordings of J.S. Bach's Passions, Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Dorottya Fabian presents a qualitative…
"Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines twentieth-century baroque performance practice as evinced in all the commercially available recordings of J. S. Bach's Passions, Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Dorottya Fabian presents a qualitativ…
"Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines twentieth-century baroque performance practice as evinced in all the commercially available recordings of J.S. Bach's Passions, Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Dorottya Fabian presents a qualitative…
"At the heart of Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide are some extraordinary recent experiments from the Goteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt) at Goteberg University. The Johann David Gerstenberg pedal clavichord from 1766, now in the Leipzig University museum, was doc…
It is often thought that the viola da gamba dropped out of British musical life in the 1690s. The author demonstrates that the instrument continued to be used through the 18th and 19th centuries, up to the beginning of the early music revival in the 1890s.
Clavichord for all keyboardists -- Preparing to play -- Clavichord lessons, series I -- Clavichord lessons, series II -- Preparing for pieces -- Eleven easy pieces -- Exploring the past : fifteenth through seventeenth centuries -- Exploring eighteenth-century Germany -- Explorin…