TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dolmetsch,Arnold
AU  - Harman,Alec
TI  - Interpretation of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries: revealed by contemporary evidence 
SN  - 0486442756
AV  - ML467 .D65 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Mineola, N.Y.
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Performance practice (Music)
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Embellishment (Music)
N1  - Includes indexes; "This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is a republication in one volume of two works originally published by Novello and Co., London in 1915: The interpretation of the music of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries and The interpretation of the music of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries--Appendix.  In order to accompany the text, the appendix has been reduced from its original size and reformatted with corresponding adjustments made in the contents page"--T.p. verso; -- Expression; -- Tempo; -- Conventional alterations of rhythm; -- Ornamentation. The appoggiatura; The shake or trill; The tremolo, Close shake; Mordent, beat. Open shake, sweetening; The turn, single relish; The slide, elevation, double backfall, wholefall, slur, bearing; The Springer (or Spinger). Accent. Acute. Sigh; The "Anschlag" or Doppelsvorschlag; The arpeggio. Battery. Broken chord; Expressive rests; Tempo rubato; Acciaccatura, Pince Etouffe Zusammenschlag, Tatto; Compound ornaments; Divisions; -- Figured basses; -- Position and fingering; -- The musical instruments of the period. The virginals; The clavichord; The organ; The lute; The viols; The viola d'amore; The violins; The wood-wind instruments; The brass instruments; Combinations of instruments; -- Appendix. Music examples
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