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Musical Creativity in Restoration England
Rebecca Herissone
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Description for Musical Creativity in Restoration England
hardcover. Rebecca Herissone's study is the first comprehensive investigation of approaches to the creation of music in late seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 b/w illus. 60 tables 152 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Musical Creativity in Restoration England is the first comprehensive investigation of approaches to creating music in late seventeenth-century England. Understanding creativity during this period is particularly challenging because many of our basic assumptions about composition - such as concepts of originality, inspiration and genius - were not yet fully developed. In adopting a new methodology that takes into account the historical contexts in which sources were produced, Rebecca Herissone challenges current assumptions about compositional processes and offers new interpretations of the relationships between notation, performance, improvisation and musical memory. She uncovers a creative culture that was predominantly communal, and reveals ... Read more
Musical Creativity in Restoration England is the first comprehensive investigation of approaches to creating music in late seventeenth-century England. Understanding creativity during this period is particularly challenging because many of our basic assumptions about composition - such as concepts of originality, inspiration and genius - were not yet fully developed. In adopting a new methodology that takes into account the historical contexts in which sources were produced, Rebecca Herissone challenges current assumptions about compositional processes and offers new interpretations of the relationships between notation, performance, improvisation and musical memory. She uncovers a creative culture that was predominantly communal, and reveals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107014343
SKU
V9781107014343
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About Rebecca Herissone
Rebecca Herissone was educated at the University of Cambridge and is Senior Lecturer in Musicology and Head of Music at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Music Theory in Seventeenth-Century England (2000) and 'To Fill, Forbear, or Adorne': The Organ Accompaniment of Restoration Sacred Music (2006). She has also produced a critical edition of the treatise Synopsis ... Read more
Reviews for Musical Creativity in Restoration England
'… Herissone's study is a highly significant contribution to a better understanding of compositional processes and musical invention in Restoration England …' Peter Hauge, The Seventeenth Century