Keyboard Music Before 1700 / Edition 2

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Overview

Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe. Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain and Portugal. The book concludes with a chapter on performance practice, which addresses current issues in the interpretation and revival of this music.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415968911
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 11/24/2003
  • Series: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 400
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.87 (d)

Meet the Author

Alexander Silbiger is Professor of Music at Duke University. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Note on Citations
Contributors
1 Introduction: The First Centuries of European Keyboard Music 1
2 England 23
3 France 90
4 Germany and the Netherlands 147
5 Italy 235
6 Spain and Portugal 312
7 Performance Practice 359
Index 395
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