Baroque Music (1600-1750)

The tercentenary of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's death in 2004 stimulated a surge of activity on the part of performers and scholars, confirming the modern assessment of Charpentier (1643-1704) as one of the most important and inventive composers of the French Baroque. The present book illustrates not..

Nicholas Lanier..

Nicholas Lanier..

Mary Cyr provides here the tools needed to understand and interpret musical evidence from the baroque era. Scores for eleven works, many reproduced in facsimile, are included for close study. Readers will find new material on continuo playing, as well as extensive treatment of singing and French m..

Mary Cyr provides here the tools needed to understand and interpret musical evidence from the baroque era. Scores for eleven works, many reproduced in facsimile, are included for close study. Readers will find new material on continuo playing, as well as extensive treatment of singing and French m..

The articles in this volume are a representative selection of the best scholarly writing on Purcell's music. The collection reflects the increase in new research stimulated by Purcell's 300th anniversary in 1995 and the introduction explores the history of Purcell scholarship, reviews its present st..

Anatoly P Milka presents a consistent and coherent solution to the unresolved questions about the history, structure and appearance of J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue, opening new perspectives for further exploration of this musical masterpiece. Milka challenges the present scholarly consensus that the..

In recent years, scholars and musicians have become increasingly interested in the revival of musical improvisation as it was known in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This historically informed practice is now supplanting the late Romantic view of improvised music as a rhapsodic endeavour that ..

Mary Cyr addresses the needs of researchers, performers, and informed listeners who wish to apply knowledge about historically informed performance to specific pieces. Special emphasis is placed upon the period from 1680 to 1760, when the viol, violin, and violoncello grew to prominence as solo ins..

The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of current research into Purcell and the environment of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Seen from the perspective of modern, interdisciplinary approaches to scho..

Dance music at the courts of seventeenth-century Germany is a genre that is still largely unknown. Dr Michael Robertson sets out to redress the balance and study the ensemble dance suites that were played at the German courts between the end of the Thirty Years War and the early years of the eightee..

Dance music at the courts of seventeenth-century Germany is a genre that is still largely unknown. Dr Michael Robertson sets out to redress the balance and study the ensemble dance suites that were played at the German courts between the end of the Thirty Years War and the early years of the eightee..