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Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach
Frederick Neumann
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Paperback. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Ornaments play an enormous role in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ambiguities in their notation (as well as their frequent omission in the score) have left doubt as to how composers intended them to be interpreted. Frederick Neumann, himself a violinist and conductor, questions the validity of the rigid principles applied to their performance. In this controversial work, available for the first time in paperback, he argues that strict constraints are inconsistent with the freedom enjoyed by musicians of the period. The author takes an entirely new look at ornamentation, and particularly that of J. S. ... Read more
Ornaments play an enormous role in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ambiguities in their notation (as well as their frequent omission in the score) have left doubt as to how composers intended them to be interpreted. Frederick Neumann, himself a violinist and conductor, questions the validity of the rigid principles applied to their performance. In this controversial work, available for the first time in paperback, he argues that strict constraints are inconsistent with the freedom enjoyed by musicians of the period. The author takes an entirely new look at ornamentation, and particularly that of J. S. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691027074
SKU
V9780691027074
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Reviews for Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach
"This work is not only the definitive book on the subject to date. It will also make many scholars and musicians revise their pet ideas."
Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times
Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times