A performer's guide to Renaissance music / edited by Jeffery Kite-Powell.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed., Rev. and expanded.
Published/​Created
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.
Description
xxi, 474 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
Publications of the Early Music Institute [More in this series]
Notes
Previous ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, 1994.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-452) and index.
Contents
  • Vocal/choral issues. The solo voice in the Renaissance / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart ; Practical matters of vocal performance / Anthony Rooley
  • Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder / Herbert Myers ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Capped double reeds : crumhorn--Kortholt--Schreierpfeif / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross Duffin ; Racket : rackett, rankett (Ger.), cervelas (Fr.), cervello (It.) / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Bagpipe / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter ; Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie ; The violin / David Douglass ; Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette ; The harp / Herbert Myers ; Early percussion / Benjamin Harms ; Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth
  • Practical considerations/instrumentation. Proto-continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Mixed ensembles / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Rehearsal tips for directors / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Performance editions / Frederick Gable
  • Performance practice. Tuning and temperament / Ross Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Ornamentation in sixteenth-century music / Bruce Dickey ; Pronunciation guides / Ross Duffin
  • Aspects of theory. Eight brief rules for composing a si placet altus, ca. 1470-1510 / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Renaissance theory / Sarah Mead
  • Introduction to Renaissance dance. Early Renaissance dance, 1450-1520 / Yvonne Kendall
  • For the early music director. Starting from scratch / Jeffery Kite-Powell.
ISBN
  • 9780253348661 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253348668 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006038977
OCLC
76794832
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