Historical Performance
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Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1994 |
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Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1994 |
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Author | : Laurie Stras |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2018-09-27 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1107154073 |
Rethinks and retells the history of music in sixteenth-century Ferrara, putting women, of the court and convent, at the narrative centre.
Author | : Zuzana Ruzickova |
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Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2020-05-14 |
Genre | : Harpsichordists |
ISBN | : 1408896842 |
The remarkable memoir of Zuzana Ru ickov i, Holocaust survivor and world-famous harpsichordist. 'Extraordinary' Sunday Times 'Compelling' Daily Telegraph Zuzana Ru ickov i grew up in 1930s Czechoslovakia dreaming of two things- Johann Sebastian Bach and the piano. But her peaceful, melodic childhood was torn apart when, in 1939, the Nazis invaded. Uprooted from her home, transported from Auschwitz to Hamburg to Bergen-Belsen, bereaved, starved, and afflicted with crippling injuries to her musician's hands, the teenage Zuzana faced a series of devastating losses. Yet with every truck and train ride, a small slip of paper printed with her favourite piece of Bach's music became her talisman. Armed with this 'proof that beauty still existed', Zuzana's fierce bravery and passion ensured her survival of the greatest human atrocities of all time, and would continue to sustain her through the brutalities of post-war Communist rule. Harnessing her talent and dedication, and fortified by the love of her husband, the Czech composer Viktor Kalabis, Zuzana went on to become one of the twentieth century's most renowned musicians and the first harpsichordist to record the entirety of Bach's keyboard works. Zuzana's story, told here in her own words before her death in 2017, is a profound and powerful testimony of the horrors of the Holocaust, and a testament in itself to the importance of amplifying the voices of its survivors today. It is also a joyful celebration of art and resistance that defined the life of the 'first lady of the harpsichord' o a woman who spent her life being ceaselessly reborn through her music.
Author | : Johannes Kepler |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780871692092 |
The authors have presented and interpreted Johannes Kepler's Latin text to English readers by putting it into the kind of clear but earnest language they suppose Kepler would have used if he had been writing today.
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Thomas Forrest Kelly |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2011-04-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0199831890 |
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 repertories or the recovery of lost performing styles, with the conviction that, with the right performance, the music will come to life anew. Blending musical and social history, he shows how the Early Music movement in the 1960s took on political overtones, fueled by a rebellion against received wisdom and enforced conformity. Kelly also discusses ongoing debates about authenticity, the desirability of period instruments, and the relationship of mainstream opera companies and symphony orchestras to music that they often ignore, or play in modern fashion.
Author | : Paul Sanden |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0415895405 |
This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music.. The book argues that liveness itself emerges from dynamic tensions inherent in mediated musical contexts--tensions between music as an acoustic human utterance, and musical sound as something produced or altered by machines.
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Early Music America, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to historical performance in North America. The association publishes the quarterly magazine "Early Music America," as well as an annual membership directory. The organization offers a calendar of concerts and information about festivals, workshops, and membership.
Author | : Matthew Gardner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1108492932 |
Reveals how the musical benefit allowed musicians, composers, and audiences to engage in new professional, financial, and artistic contexts.
Author | : Bernard D. Sherman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2003-10-09 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780195343656 |
The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and the best-selling Beethoven recording of 1995 was a period-instruments symphony cycle led by John Eliot Gardiner, who is Deutsche Grammophon's top-selling living conductor. But the movement has generated as much controversy as it has best-selling records, not only about the merits of its results, but also about the validity of its approach. To what degree can we recreate long-lost performing styles? How important are historical period instruments for the performance of a piece? Why should musicians bother with historical information? Are they sacrificing art to scholarship? Now, in Inside Early Music, Bernard D. Sherman has invited many of the leading practitioners to speak out about their passion for early music--why they are attracted to this movement and how it shapes their work. Readers listen in on conversations with conductors Gardiner, William Christie, and Roger Norrington, Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, vocalists Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, forte pianist Robert Levin, cellist Anner Bylsma, and many other leading artists. The book is divided into musical eras--Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classic and Romantic--with each interview focusing on particular composers or styles, touching on heated topics such as the debate over what is "authentic," the value of playing on period instruments, and how to interpret the composer's intentions. Whether debating how to perform Monteverdi's madrigals or comparing Andrew Lawrence-King's Renaissance harp playing to jazz, the performers convey not only a devotion to the spirit of period performance, but the joy of discovery as they struggle to bring the music most truthfully to life. Spurred on by Sherman's probing questions and immense knowledge of the subject, these conversations movingly document the aspirations, growing pains, and emerging maturity of the most exciting movement in contemporary classical performance, allowing each artist's personality and love for his or her craft to shine through. From medieval plainchant to Brahms' orchestral works, Inside Early Music takes readers-whether enthusiasts or detractors-behind the scenes to provide a masterful portrait of early music's controversies, challenges, and rewards.