Improvising Early Music

by Johannes Menke, Peter Schubert, Rob C Wegman

Studying improvised music is always a challenge, due to its volatility and unpredictability. But what about studying musical improvisation from before the age of sound recordings? In this book, three experts give their view on aspects of musical improvisation in the late medieval, renaissance, and early baroque periods. Historical sources show us how improvisation was an integral part of music education and how closely improvisation and composition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058679977
• ISBN13: 9789058679970
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher