Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela

Author: Victor Coelho

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-10-13

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780521019439

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The first book-length study in any language dedicated specifically to lute, guitar, and vihuela.

Frescobaldi Studies
Frescobaldi Studies

Author: Alexander Silbiger

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780822307112

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Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) occupies a special place in the history of music as the first significant European composer who concentrated his major creative efforts into the realm of instrumental music. In this collection of papers based on the Quadricentennial Frescobaldi Studies Conference, sixteen American and European specialists examine important aspects of the life and works of this composer and of his role in the creation of a new musical language of the Baroque.

A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music
A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music

Author: Stewart Carter

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2012-03-21

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 0253005280

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Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.

Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17th-Century France
Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17th-Century France

Author: D. Ledbetter

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-06-12

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 134964014X

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The works of the 17th-century French harpsichord composers, the clavecinistes, are among the principal treasures of the harpsichord repertoire. It is a commmonplace of music histories that their style was strongly influenced by contemporary lutenists, yet the assessment of this influence has until now been limited to pointing out a few superficial resemblances. This book is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between the two styles. The nature and extent of the influence can now be seen as much more far-reaching than has been supposed. The clavecinistes adopted many details of lute style, and an understanding of these is essential for the proper performance of their works. More importantly, the lute style opened up the possibility of an entirely new expressive dimension in the playing of the harpsichord; in exploring this the clavecinistes evolved a style which dominated European keyboard music in the 17th-century, and provided a basis for the subsequent development of idiomatic keyboard style.