Keyboard music before 1700 / edited by Alexander Silbiger.
| Other author | Silbiger, Alexander, 1935- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description | xv, 409 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in musical genres Routledge studies in musical genres. ^A562992 |
| Contents | Introduction: the first centuries of European keyboard music / Alexander Silbiger. Notation ; The early repertory ; Genres and their contexts -- England / Alan Brown. The background ; The two sixteenth-century traditions ; William Byrd ; The later virginalists ; The mid-seventeenth century ; The age of Purcell -- France / Bruce Gustafson. Organ music. Plainchant ; Liturgy ; The Renaissance and pre-classic periods ; The classic period ; Harpsichord music. The Renaissance and pre-classic periods ; The classic period -- Germany and the Netherlands / John Butt. Conrad Paumann and the Buxheim organ book ; The early sixteenth century; The later sixteenth-century tablatures ; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and his German pupils ; The mid-seventeenth century ; The later seventeenth century -- Italy / Robert Judd. Instruments ; The liturgy ; The music. The earliest evidence ; The early sixteenth century ; 1540 to 1620 ; Girolamo Frescobaldi ; 1630 to 1700 -- Spain and Portugal / Robert Parkins. The Iberian organ ; The nascent literature and the theorists ; Cabezon ; Aguilera de Heredia and the Aragonese school ; Coelho ; Correa de Arauxo ; Cabanilles -- Performance practice / Alexander Silbiger. Why study performance practice? ; A brief history ; The instruments and how to play them ; Pitch standards ; Tuning and temperament ; Body and hand positions ; Articulation ; Fingering ; Accidentals ; Tempo ; Repeats and first and second endings ; Ornamentation. |
| Abstract | This book begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe. Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain and Portugal. The book concludes with a chapter on performance practice, which addresses current issues in the interpretation and revival of this music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003047162 |
| ISBN | 0415968917 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML549 .K49 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |