The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters--and limitations--of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance.

Author: Barthold Kuijken
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 09/13/2013
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780253010605

About the Author

Barthold Kuijken is Professor of Baroque Flute and Head of the Early Music Section at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and The Hague.

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