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  • The Language of the Modes

    Studies in the History of Polyphonic Modality

    by Frans Wiering ...
    Series series Criticism and Analysis of Early Music
    The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For many music students and listeners, the "language of the modes" is a deep mystery, accustomed as we are to centuries of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music

    by Jeffery Kite-Powell ...
    Series series Publications of the Early Music Institute
    Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century

    The Oxford History of Western Music

    by Richard Taruskin ...
    The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks- the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Music in the Galant Style

    by Robert Gjerdingen ...
    Music in the Galant Style is an authoritative and readily understandable study of the core compositional style of the eighteenth century. Gjerdingen adopts a unique approach, based on a massive but little-known corpus of pedagogical workbooks used by the most influential teachers of the century, the Italian partimenti. He has brought this vital repository of compositional methods into ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

    Edited by Thomas Christensen ...
    Series series The Cambridge History of Music
    The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Mozart

    by Julian Rushton ...
    Series series Composers Across Cultures
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. Julian Rushton offers a concise and up-to-date biography of this musical genius, combining a well ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

    Edited by John Whenham, Richard Wistreich ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Counterpoint, Composition and Musica Ficta

    by Margaret Bent ...
    Series series Criticism and Analysis of Early Music
    Musica ficta is the practice of sharpening or flattening certain notes to avoid awkward intervals in medieval and Renaissance music. This collection gathers Margaret Bent's influential writings on this controversial subject from the past 30 years, along with an extensive author's introduction discussing the current state of scholarship and responding to critics. Also includes 25 musical examples. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Harvard Dictionary of Music

    Fourth Edition

    Edited by Don Michael Randel ...
    Series Book 10 - Harvard University Press Reference Library
    This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music.The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

  • The Renaissance Flute

    A Contemporary Guide

    by Kate Clark, Amanda Markwick ...
    The renaissance flute, with its rich history, stunning repertoire, and mellow tone, has attracted a significant following among flutists, whether they specialize in modern flute or historical instruments. Yet, actually delving into the study of renaissance flute has proven a challenge - there exists a confusing array of editions of renaissance music, specialized (and often expensive) facsimiles of ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music

    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century, this Companion covers all the key aspects of medieval music. Divided into three main sections, the book first of all discusses repertory, styles and techniques - the key areas of traditional music histories; next taking a topographical view of the subject - from Italy, German-speaking lands, and the Iberian Peninsula; and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Sixteenth Century Polyphony - A Basic For The Study Of Counterpoint

    by Arthur Tillman Merritt ...
    A. Tillman Merritt graduated from the University of Missouri in 1924 and was the first recipient of a new degree, Bachelor of Fine Arts, in 1926. That autumn he came to Harvard as a graduate student in music; recognition of his unusual talent was immediate. In February, 1927, he was asked to be Walter Piston's teaching assistant in music theory. This book is intended to be an introduction and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus