| Description |
xii, 321 p. : music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in musicology ; no. 58
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| Note |
Previously published articles. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The use of baroque treatises on musical performance -- Donington's A performer's guide to baroque music, a review -- The French inegales, 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, BMV 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. |
| Subject |
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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Music -- Performance.
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Embellishment (Music)
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| ISBN |
0835713512 |
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