Performing History: Approaches to History Across Musicology

by Nancy November

The fifteen essays of Performing History glimpse the diverse ways music historians "do" history, and the diverse ways in which music histories matter. This book's chapters are structured into six key areas: historically informed performance; ethnomusicological perspectives; particular musical works that "tell," "enact," or "perform" war histories; operatic works that works that "tell," "enact," or "perform" power or enlightenment; musical works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644693542
• ISBN13: 9781644693544
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"