The end of early music a period performer's history of music for the twenty-first century / Bruce Haynes.

Author/creator Haynes, Bruce
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxix, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents pt. 1. Performing styles. When you say something differently, you say something different ; Mind the gap : current styles ; Mainstream style : chops, but no soul -- pt. 2. How romantic are we? Classical music's coarse caress ; The transparent performer ; Changing meanings, permanent symbols -- pt. 3. Anachronism and authenticity. Original ears ; Ways of coping with the past ; The medium is the message : period instruments -- pt. 4. On elocution and pronunciation. Baroque oratory compared with romantic autobiography ; Gestural phrasing -- pt. 5. The end of early music. Passive and active musicking : stop staring and grow your own ; Mainstream music as early music ; Perpetual revolution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-266) and index.
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LCCN 2006023594
ISBN9780195189872 (alk. paper)

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