The interpretation of early music / by Robert Donington.
| Author/creator | Donington, Robert |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | New version. |
| Publication Info | London : Faber, 1974. |
| Description | 766 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Our changing attitude -- Prospects for authenticity -- Authenticity and personality -- Authenticity in early opera -- Past and present -- Present and future -- Book one: Style. The approach to early music -- The interplay of styles -- Music as expression -- Book two: The notes. Part one: Accidentals. Accidentals in early music -- Interpreting written accidentals -- Adding unwritten accidentals -- Part two: Embellishment. The place of embellishment -- Sixteenth-century ornamentation -- Early Baroque ornamentation -- Later Baroque ornamentation -- Post-Baroque ornamentation -- The cadenza -- Ornaments -- The appoggiatura proper -- The double appoggiatura -- The slide -- The acciaccatura -- The passing appoggiatura -- Tremolo and vibrato -- The trill -- The mordent -- Passing notes and changing notes -- The turn -- Broken chords, broken notes, and broken time -- Compound ornaments -- Part three: Accompaniment. Figured bass -- The figuring -- Going beyond the figures -- The texture of the part -- The structure of the part -- Instruments of accompaniment -- The good accompanist -- Book three: The expression. Part one: General. Expression in early music -- Repeats and omissions -- Part two: Tempo. Tempo in early music -- Time-words -- Dance tempos -- Time-signatures -- Pulse -- Variations of tempo -- Part three: Rhythm. Rhythm in early music -- Note-values -- Dotted notes -- Other sharpened rhythms -- Inequality -- Triplet rhythm -- Part four: Punctuation. Phrasing -- Articulation -- Part five: Dynamics. Volume -- Balance -- Accentuation -- Book four: Instruments. Instruments in early music -- Pitch -- Temperament -- The voice -- The viols -- The violins -- Plucked instruments -- The wind department -- Flutes -- Reeds -- Brass -- Percussion -- Keyboards -- Choirs and orchestras -- Appendices. Ligatures ; Figured bass: three realisations ; Ornamentation ; Orchestral improvisation ; Responsibility for accidentals ; New thinking on ornaments ; Tempo and rhythm ; A footnote to inequality ; Ornamentation in the reciting style. |
| Local note | Little-110128 - $30.00 |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 673-728. |
| LCCN | 74190424 |
| ISBN | 0571047890 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML457.D64 I5 1974A | ✔ Available | Place Hold |