Overview

Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade. The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jeffery Kite-Powell
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.912kg
ISBN:  

9780253348661

ISBN 10:   0253348668
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   02 August 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface to Second Edition Preface to First Edition Note on Transliteration I. Vocal/Choral Issues 1. The Solo Voice Ellen Hargis 2. On Singing and the Vocal Ensemble I Alexander Blachly 3. On Singing and the Vocal Ensemble II Alejandro Planchart 4. Practical Matters of Vocal Performance Anthony Rooley II. Wind, String, & Percussion Instruments 5. Recorder Herbert Myers 6. Flute Herbert Myers 7. Capped Double Reeds Jeffery Kite-Powell 8. Shawm / Curtal Ross Duffin 9. Racket Jeffery Kite-Powell 10. Bagpipe Adam Knight Gilbert 11. Cornett Douglas Kirk 12. Sackbut Stewart Carter 13. Bowed Strings Wendy Gillespie 14. Violin David Douglass 15. Plucked instruments Paul O'Dette 16. Harp Herbert Myers 17. Percussion Ben Harms 18. Keyboard Instruments Jack Ashworth III. Practical Considerations/Instrumentation 19. Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette Proto-continuo 20. Mixed ensembles James Tyler 21. Large ensembles Jeffery Kite-Powell 22. Rehearsal Tips for Instrumental Ensembles Adam Knight Gilbert 23. Performance editions Frederick Gable IV. Performance Practice 24. Tuning & Temperament Ross Duffin 25. Pitch & Transposition Herbert Myers 26. Ornamentation and Improvisation Bruce Dickey 27. Pronunciation guides Ross Duffin V. Aspects of Theory 28. Eight Brief Rules for Composing a Si Placet part Adam Knight Gilbert 29. Sarah Mead Renaissance Theory VI. Introduction to Renaissance Dance 30. Early Renaissance Dance, 1450-1520 Yvonne Kendall VII. For the Early Music Director 31. Starting from scratch Jeffery Kite-Powell Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

[A]n admirable update...helpful to both performers and directors. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and performers. -- D. Heuchemer, Kenyon College 2008 June CHOICE

Author Information

Jeffery Kite-Powell is Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Musicology at Florida State University, where he teaches courses on musicology and music history, and directs the FSU Early Music Ensemble and the vocal group Cantores Musicæ Antiquæ.

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