A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-century Music: Edited by Stewart CarterStewart Carter This is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. |
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Page 22
... English coun- tertenor voice is equivalent to the modern tenor , the English “ tenor ” to the modern baritone . " René Jacobs regards the low Purcellian countertenor and the French haute - contre as having “ very much in common . " " By ...
... English coun- tertenor voice is equivalent to the modern tenor , the English “ tenor ” to the modern baritone . " René Jacobs regards the low Purcellian countertenor and the French haute - contre as having “ very much in common . " " By ...
Page 185
... English viol building . Of the nearly 100 known extant instruments , almost two - thirds date from after 1650. Also , slightly more than two - thirds of these are basses , those from before 1633 on average slightly larger than later ...
... English viol building . Of the nearly 100 known extant instruments , almost two - thirds date from after 1650. Also , slightly more than two - thirds of these are basses , those from before 1633 on average slightly larger than later ...
Page 332
... English pitch seems to have been based pri- marily on woodwinds imported from England , possibly augmented by information from itinerant English musicians in Germany . In any case , the actuality was once again rather more complicated ...
... English pitch seems to have been based pri- marily on woodwinds imported from England , possibly augmented by information from itinerant English musicians in Germany . In any case , the actuality was once again rather more complicated ...
Contents
Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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