Essays in performance practice / by Frederick Neumann.

Author/creator Neumann, Frederick
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, MI : UMI Research Press, ©1982.
Descriptionxii, 321 pages : music ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Performance practice (Music)--History. --17th century.
Performance practice (Music)--History. --18th century.
Embellishment (Music)--History. --17th century.
Embellishment (Music)--History. --18th century.
Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).
Music--Performance.
Embellishment (Music)

SeriesStudies in musicology ; no. 9 ; no. 58
Contents The use of Baroque treatises on musical performance -- Donington's A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music, a review -- The French inégales, Quantz and Bach -- An answer to Donington's critique -- External evidence and uneven notes -- The dotted note and the so-called French style -- Rhythm in the two versions of Bach's French overture, BWV 831 -- Facts and fiction about overdotting -- Once more the "French overture style" -- The overdotting syndrome, anatomy of a delusion -- Misconceptions about the French trill in the 17th and 18th centuries -- A new look at Bach's ornamentation -- Notes on "melodic" and "harmonic" ornaments -- Couperin and the downbeat doctrine for appoggiaturas -- Ornament and structure -- The appoggiatura in Mozart's recitative.
General notePreviously published articles.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 82006916
ISBN0835713512