Readings in the History of Music in Performance

. . . extremely useful . . . In MacClintock's selections, even when the source is primarily theoretical, she chooses passages that give a lively insight into actual music-making. --Continuo

Readings on the performance of Western music from the late middle ages to the early nineteenth century describe the accepted conventions and actual practices of former times.

Author: Carol MacClintock
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 09/22/1994
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.46h x 5.90w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780253202857

About the Author

CAROL MACCLINTOCK (1910-1989) was Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Cincinnati and author of The Solo Song 1580-1730, Giaches de Wert: Life and Works, and many other books and articles.