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 183
... viol at mid - century . Although Lawes died at an early age in the Civil War , he left a large body of viol music , including suites for two bass viols with organ , for three lyra viols , and the masterful consort sets in five and six ...
... viol at mid - century . Although Lawes died at an early age in the Civil War , he left a large body of viol music , including suites for two bass viols with organ , for three lyra viols , and the masterful consort sets in five and six ...
Page 184
... viol , playing melody and accompa- niment simultaneously , as in pieces for solo lute . A few works from early in the century are for two to three lyra viols , and from mid - century several compositions for one or two with other ...
... viol , playing melody and accompa- niment simultaneously , as in pieces for solo lute . A few works from early in the century are for two to three lyra viols , and from mid - century several compositions for one or two with other ...
Page 197
... Viol Consort ; Mace - Musick's Monument ; Massip - La vie ; Massip - Paris ; Maugars - Response ; McDowell - Marais and Forqueray ; Mersenne - Harmonie Universelle ; Mirimonde - La musique ; Monson - Voices and Viols ; Moreno - Music ...
... Viol Consort ; Mace - Musick's Monument ; Massip - La vie ; Massip - Paris ; Maugars - Response ; McDowell - Marais and Forqueray ; Mersenne - Harmonie Universelle ; Mirimonde - La musique ; Monson - Voices and Viols ; Moreno - Music ...
Contents
Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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