Music education and the art of performance in the German Baroque /
In considering the role of practical music in education this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994
Cambridge [England] ; New York : 1994 Cambridge ; New York : 1994 |
| Series: | Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Cambridge musical texts and monographs |
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| Summary: | In considering the role of practical music in education this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. The understanding, gained through these educational texts, of music as a functional art--musica practica--in turn gives us insight into the thoughts of the contemporary performer and how he might have performed the sacred works of Praetorius, Schütz, Buxtehude, or Bach. For all those interested in historical performance this book provides valuable information on the growing science of performance practice and the development of a conscious awareness of style and idiom in this period |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 237 p. : music ; 24 cm xviii, 237 p. : facsims., music ; 24 cm xviii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm xviii, 237 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm xviii, 237 p. : music ; 24 cm xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm xviii, 237 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-229) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliography (p. 219-229) and index Includes bibliography and index |
| ISBN: | 0521433274 9780521433273 |