A performer's guide to Renaissance music / edited by Jeffery T. Kite-Powell.
| Other author | Kite-Powell, Jeffery T., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1994. |
| Description | xix, 379 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Performer's guides to early music Performer's guides to early music. ^A354007 |
| Contents | Vocal/Choral issues. The solo voice / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart -- Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Crumhorm / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross W. Duffin ; Racket / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter ; Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie ; The violin / David Douglass ; Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette ; Harp / Herbert Myers ; Early percussion / Ben Harms -- Keyboard instruments. Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth ; Renaissance keyboard fingering / Mark Lindley -- Proto-continuo. Overview and practical applications / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette -- Practical instrumentation. Mixed ensemble / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell -- Performance practice. Resource materials / Frederick Gable ; Tuning and temperament / Ross W. Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Pronunciation guides / Ross. W. Duffin -- Practical considerations. Performance editions / Frederick Gable ; Copyright / Phillip Crabtree ; Publicity guidelines for early-music concerts / Beverly Simmons ; Thoughts on the program and its notes / Dean Nuernberger -- Aspects of Renaissance theory. The gamut, hexachords and solmization ; The modes and modality in polyphonic music ; Musica ficta and cadences ; Notation, signs, and symbols ; Furthur study / Sarah Mead -- Introduction to Renaissance dance / Ingrid Brainard -- For the early music director / Jeffery Kite-Powell. |
| Abstract | The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators. |
| Local note | Little-309302--305131014767 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-363) and index. |
| LCCN | 93048544 |
| ISBN | 0028712315 |