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November 24, 2003 0415968917 978-0415968911 2
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, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. New to this edition is a chapter on performance practice by the editor, which addresses current issues in the interpretation and revival of this music.

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

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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (November 24, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415968917
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415968911
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
With the introduction of a keyboard, musicians lost direct contract with the source of their music. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collected keyboard works, medio registro, complete keyboard works, liturgical organ music, stylus phantasticus, divided registers, plein jeu, jeu doux, alternatim performance, variation canzona, organ versets, horizontal trumpets, alternatim practice, keyboard music, divided stops, cifra nueva, passamezzo moderno, organ repertory, unmeasured preludes, toccata style, keyboard literature, para tecla, cunctipotens genitor, plainsong settings, virginal music
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New York, Louis Couperin, Andrea Gabrieli, Correa de Arauxo, British Library, Thurston Dart, Bernardo Pasquini, Ercole Pasquini, Dietrich Buxtehude, Girolamo Cavazzoni, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Klaus Beckmann, Royal App, Mulliner Book, Alexander Silbiger, Parthenia In-Violata, William Byrd, Agnus Dei, Samuel Scheidt, Santa Maria, Alan Brown, Ann Arbor, Antonio Cavazzoni, Davitt Moroney, Johann Jacob Froberger
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