Interpretation Of The Music Of The 17th And 18th Centuries Revealed By Contemporary Evidence

One of the most influential figures in the twentieth-century revival of early music, Arnold Dolmetsch was the first to apply scholarly attention to the issue of authentic historical performance. His ground breaking 1915 study remains a landmark of musicology, offering not only a text on performance practices of the baroque but also glimpses of what music meant--both as an art and a science--to musicians of the period. Topics include tempo, rhythm, ornamentation, figured bass realization, wrist positioning and fingering, and musical instruments of the era. This new edition features a rare appendix of musical examples.Dolmetsch, Arnold is the author of 'Interpretation Of The Music Of The 17th And 18th Centuries Revealed By Contemporary Evidence', published 2005 under ISBN 9780486442754 and ISBN 0486442756.