The Performance of 16th-Century Music: Learning from the Theorists

by Anne Smith

Most modern performers, trained on the performance practices of the Classical and Romantic periods, come to the music of the Renaissance with well-honed but anachronistic ideas. Fundamental differences between 16th-century repertoire and that of later epochs thus tend to be overlooked-yet it is just these differences which can make a performance truly stunning.

The Performance of 16th-Century Music will enable the performer to better understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199742618
• ISBN13: 9780199742615
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"