Early Thoughts on Performance Practice

by Dr David Whitwell and David Whitwell

This volume presents the early views of philosophers and musicians having to do with the general background of what is known as Performance Practice. Performance Practice refers to the knowledge needed by musicians in bringing to life, in the form of present tense performance, older compositions, in view of the fact that we have a very incomplete system for the notation of music.But there are other problems besides our inadequate notational system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936512769
• ISBN13: 9781936512768
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Whitwell Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"