9780253144959 - Readings in the History of Music in Performance (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Previous owner name to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear and light fading to spine.

Zustand: Good. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, musical scales, 8vo.; Dust jacket slightly scuffed and spotted at front and rear.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0253144957.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; A Midland book ; MB 285. Edition; 1st Midland Book ed. Physical description; xii, 432 p. : music ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes sections translated from the Latin, Italian, French and German. Summary; This is a most important contribution to the practical art of interpretation, consisting as it does of passages by writers on musical performance from the late Middle Ages through to the borders of the classical and romantic periods from Jerome of Moravia to Hector Berlioz.Brief but excellent biographical sketches by Carol MacClintock precede each entry. The 65 selections in "Readings in the History of Music in Performance" include travelers' accounts, reviews, letters, and pedagogic texts. They reveal the conventions of earlier musical notation, what constituted a concert in other times, how musicians performed their music, and how their audiences heard it. Subjects; Performance practice (Music). Music - History and criticism - Sources. Music - Performance - History - Addresses, essays, lectures. Performance practice. Interpretation. Music - Performance - History. Music - History and criticism. Western music - Performance, (ca 1250-ca 1850) - Readings. Music. Business & Economics / Industries / Retailing. Genre; Illustrated. 4 Kg.