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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... Harpsichord 2 : 85 . 36. Purcell - Choice Lessons , preface ; cited in Donington - Interpretation , 344 , 350. Purcell provides similar information in Playford - Introduction ( 1694 ) , [ 75–78 ] . See also Harley - British Harpsichord ...
... Harpsichord 2 : 85 . 36. Purcell - Choice Lessons , preface ; cited in Donington - Interpretation , 344 , 350. Purcell provides similar information in Playford - Introduction ( 1694 ) , [ 75–78 ] . See also Harley - British Harpsichord ...
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... harpsichord AOD Evidence from earlier operatic practice , coupled with indications in oratorio scores of the 1640s and ' 50s , suggests that bass lines were occasionally doubled depending on the desired effect . Certainly , it makes ...
... harpsichord AOD Evidence from earlier operatic practice , coupled with indications in oratorio scores of the 1640s and ' 50s , suggests that bass lines were occasionally doubled depending on the desired effect . Certainly , it makes ...
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... harpsichord , organ , theorbo , harpsichord n / a no Bibliography : Kirchner - Generalbass , Snyder - Buxtehude . SOUTH GERMANY , 1600–1635 Mass Priuli , Valentini organ AOD Sacred Concerto Staden , Valentini organ , theorbo AOD String ...
... harpsichord , organ , theorbo , harpsichord n / a no Bibliography : Kirchner - Generalbass , Snyder - Buxtehude . SOUTH GERMANY , 1600–1635 Mass Priuli , Valentini organ AOD Sacred Concerto Staden , Valentini organ , theorbo AOD String ...
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Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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