German Instrumental Music of the Late Middle Ages: Players, Patrons and Performance Practice

by Keith Polk

This book describes instrumental music and its context in German society of the late middle ages - from about 1350 to 1520. Players at that time improvised, much like jazz musicians of our day, but because they did not use notated music, only scant remnants of their activity have survived in written sources, and much has been left obscure. This book attempts to reconstruct an image of their music, discussing the instruments, ensembles, and performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521612020
• ISBN13: 9780521612029
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.7"