Author: Jason ParasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Viola da gamba
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Music for Viola Bastarda in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-century Italy
Author: Jason ParasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Viola da gamba
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Music for Viola Bastarda
Author: Jason ParasPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253388247
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The term "viola bastarda" refers to both an instrument and a style of playing that is one of the crowning achievements of musical mannerism. The Italian repertory for the solo viola da gamba in the 16th and early 17th centuries was largely music played "alla bastarda," an art of performance in which a polyphonic composition is transformed into a single melodic line derived from the original parts and spanning their ranges. Jason Paras has traced the development of the "viola bastarda" and has assembled and transcribed 46 peices in this genre. The music in his collection is a rich and fascinating repertory that is rarely heard today. This anthology is an invitation to present-day players to recreate the improvisation practice of the 16th and 17th centuries in ways not fully disclosed by ornamentation manuals of that time.
A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music
Author: Stewart CarterPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253005280
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
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.
The Viola Da Gamba in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Author: Jason ParasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Viola da gamba
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
Author: Tess KnightonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520210813
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Music in Elizabethan Court Politics
Author: Katherine Butler (Music tutor)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843839814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Music and musical entertainments are here shown to be used for different ends, by both monarch and courtiers.
The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music
Author: Tim CarterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521792738
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
First published in 2005, this title provides extensive knowledge on seventeenth-century music.
The Viola da Gamba
Author: Bettina HoffmannPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315284235
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The viola da gamba was a central instrument in European music from the late 15th century well into the late 18th. In this comprehensive study, Bettina Hoffmann offers both an introduction to the instrument -- its construction, technique and history -- for the non-specialist, interweaving this information with a wealth of original archival scholarship that experts will relish. The book begins with a description of the instrument, and here Hoffmann grapples with the complexity of various names applied to this and related instruments. Following two chapters on the instrument's construction and ancestry, the core of the book is given to a historical and geographical survey of the instrument from its origins into the classical period. The book closes with a look at the revival of interest in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Author: Don Michael RandelPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674417992
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.
Author: George Grove