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A performer's guide to Renaissance music
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- Creator
- edited by Jeffery Kite-Powell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 474 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780253348661, 9781299875531, 0253348668, 129987553X, 9780253013774, 0253013771
- OCLC
- ocn858764832, ocn858975613, ocm76794832
- Previous ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-452) and index.
- Vocal/choral issues. The solo voice in the Renaissance / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart ; Practical matters of vocal performance / Anthony Rooley -- Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder / Herbert Myers ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Capped double reeds : crumhorn--Kortholt--Schreierpfeif / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross Duffin ; Racket : rackett, rankett (Ger.), cervelas (Fr.), cervello (It.) / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Bagpipe / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter ; Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie ; The violin / David Douglass ; Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette ; The harp / Herbert Myers ; Early percussion / Benjamin Harms ; Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth -- Practical considerations/instrumentation. Proto-continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Mixed ensembles / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Rehearsal tips for directors / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Performance editions / Frederick Gable -- Performance practice. Tuning and temperament / Ross Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Ornamentation in sixteenth-century music / Bruce Dickey ; Pronunciation guides / Ross Duffin -- Aspects of theory. Eight brief rules for composing a si placet altus, ca. 1470-1510 / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Renaissance theory / Sarah Mead -- Introduction to Renaissance dance. Early Renaissance dance, 1450-1520 / Yvonne Kendall -- For the early music director. Starting from scratch / Jeffery Kite-Powell