Early music : a very short introduction /

Kelly, Thomas Forrest.

Early music : a very short introduction / Thomas Forrest Kelly. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and indexes.

What does "early music" mean? -- Repertories: medieval -- Repertories: renaissance -- Repertories: baroque -- Performing issues -- The modern early music revival.

From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repert.

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500-1699


Performance practice (Music)
Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music--History and criticism.--500-1400
Music--History and criticism.--15th century
Music--History and criticism.--16th century
Music--History and criticism.--17th century
Pratique de l'exécution (Musique)
Musique--Histoire et critique.--500-1400
Musique--Histoire et critique.--15e siècle
Musique--Histoire et critique.--16e siècle
Musique--Histoire et critique.--17e siècle
MUSIC--History & Criticism.
Performance practice (Music)
Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music--History and criticism.--500-1400.
Music--History and criticism.--15th century.
Music--History and criticism.--16th century.
Music--History and criticism.--17th century.
Music
Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Performance practice (Music)
Uitvoeringspraktijk.
Oude muziek.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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