Composers' intentions? : lost traditions of musical performance /: lost traditions of musical performance. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Parrott.
• Authors: Parrott, Andrew
• Contents: Composers' intentions, performers' responsibilities -- A brief anatomy of choirs -- Falsetto beliefs : the 'countertenor' cross-examined -- Falsetto and the French : 'une toute autre marche' -- Transposition in Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 -- Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 revisited -- Monteverdi : onwards and downwards -- High clefs and down-to-earth transposition : a brief defence of Monteverdi -- Performing Purcell -- How many singers? -- Vocal ripienists and J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor -- Bach's chorus : the Leipzig line -- J.S. Bach's Trauer-music for Prince Leopold : clarification and reconstruction -- Performing Machaut's Mass on record -- 'Grett and solompne singing' : instruments in English church music before the Civil War -- Monteverdi's L'Orfeo -- Purcell's Dido & Aeneas on record -- 'Hail! bright Cecilia' (Purcell at 350).
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (407 pages), illustrations, music
• Subjects: 781.43; Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); Music -- Performance; Composition (Music); Style, Musical; MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory; MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical; Composition (Music); Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); Music -- Performance; Style, Musical; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782045083; 1782045082
• Related ISBNs: 9781783270323; 1783270322
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.