The Early Flute Paperback: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) - Softcover

Brown, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521890802 ISBN 13: 9780521890809

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

This handbook addresses all who wish to consider the issues raised when performing music of the past. It provides sound advice on instruments and their care, historical techniques, stylistic issues and historically informed interpretation, with examples drawn from a wide range of case studies, including Bach, Handel and Mozart.

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'... demonstrates a profound knowledge of the flute's history, and of the changes in performance style and technique.' Early Music Today

'This is an excellent study ...well written and easily accessible ... Rachel Brown has done an excellent job. This practical guide can enrich recorder players' knowledge and should be consulted widely.' The Recorder Magazine

'A highly informative, readable and welcome additions to the Cambridge Handbooks Historical Performance of Music series. It will prove invaluable both as a quick-reference guide and a general introduction to the early flute.' The Consort

Biografía del autor:

Rachel Brown is currently a professor of flute at both the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music, London. She plays principal flute for several orchestras including the Academy of Ancient Music and the Hanover Band and has given many concerto performances in Europe, America and Japan. Known for her versatility on modern and historical flutes and recorders, her solo recordings include three recital discs and concertos by Vivaldi, Handel, Quantz, Telemann, J. S., J. C. and C. P. E. Bach. She was first-prize winner at the American National Flute Association Competition in 1984.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521890802
• ISBN 13: 9780521890809
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200