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 56
... polyphony , too , often with per- formance practices that astonish us . Practically any sacred polyphony was judged accessible to choirs of either gender . In male establishments , the presence of falsettists and occasionally boys and ...
... polyphony , too , often with per- formance practices that astonish us . Practically any sacred polyphony was judged accessible to choirs of either gender . In male establishments , the presence of falsettists and occasionally boys and ...
Page 164
... polyphonic piece for performance by violin band can be determined is by the ranges of the parts . The most common ... polyphony . Furthermore , violins and violas were made in a variety of sizes so that parts in many ranges could be ...
... polyphonic piece for performance by violin band can be determined is by the ranges of the parts . The most common ... polyphony . Furthermore , violins and violas were made in a variety of sizes so that parts in many ranges could be ...
Page 293
... Polyphony Schütz NORTH GERMANY , 1600-1635 organ / SS or lute no ? Religious Polychoral Praetorius , Schütz Sacred Concerto Scheidt , Schütz one organ or lute per choir organ , theorbo yes String Consort Schein , Brade lute , spinet ...
... Polyphony Schütz NORTH GERMANY , 1600-1635 organ / SS or lute no ? Religious Polychoral Praetorius , Schütz Sacred Concerto Scheidt , Schütz one organ or lute per choir organ , theorbo yes String Consort Schein , Brade lute , spinet ...
Contents
Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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