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A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music (Publications of the Early Music Institute)
Jeffery Kite-Powell
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Description for A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music (Publications of the Early Music Institute)
Hardcover. A revised and expanded guide to performance practice issues in Renaissance music Editor(s): Kite-Powell, Jeffery T. Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute. Num Pages: 504 pages, 46 b&w illus., 111 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 876.
Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade.
The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators.
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Publications of the Early Music Institute
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253348661
SKU
V9780253348661
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About Jeffery Kite-Powell
Jeffery Kite-Powell is Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Musicology at Florida State University, where he teaches courses on musicology and music history, and directs the FSU Early Music Ensemble and the vocal group Cantores Musicæ Antiquæ.
Reviews for A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music (Publications of the Early Music Institute)
This volume stands as an admirable update to an already-informative how-to manual for performing Renaissance music. . . . The present edition comprises 31 essays by noted scholar-performers, including Bruce Dickey, Paul O'Dette, Anthony Rooley, Alexander Blachly, and Alejandro Planchart. . . . All the essays are thorough yet not too in-depth, concise but not superficial, and all offer solid ... Read more