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Early music: a very short introduction

By Kelly , Thomas Forrest

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780199730766, 9780199830602, 0199830606, 9780199831890, 0199831890
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2876755 bytes)
Series
Very short introductions
Pages
(130 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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

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