Ebook: Early music: a very short introduction
Author: Kelly Thomas Forrest
- Tags: MUSIC--History & Criticism, Music--15th century--History and criticism, Music--16th century--History and criticism, Music--500-1400--History and criticism, Music--Interpretation (Phrasing dynamics etc.), Music--17th century--History and criticism, Music, Performance practice (Music), Criticism interpretation etc., Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing dynamics etc.), Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism, Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism, Music -- 16th century -- History and criticism
- Series: Very short introductions
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: USA;New York
- Language: English
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What does "early music" mean? -- Repertories: medieval -- Repertories: renaissance -- Repertories: baroque -- Performing issues -- The modern early music revival.;From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repert.
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