The Notation Is Not the Music Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance |
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| Author:
| Kuijken, Barthold |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-75263-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $31.19 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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."