Music Education and Art of Performance - In the German Baroque (Book, Revised)

In considering the role of practical music in education, this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. The understanding, gained through these educational texts, of music as a functional art - musica practica - in turn gives us insight into the thoughts of the contemporary performer and how he might have performed the sacred work of Praetorius, Schutz, Buxtehude or Bach. For all those interested in historical performance this book provides valuable information on the growing science of performance practice and the development of a conscious awareness of style and idiom in this period.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	November 2006
Authors:	John Butt
Dimensions:	152 x 228 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Book
Pages:	260
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03478-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
LSN:	0-521-03478-7
Barcode:	9780521034784

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