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The fruit of a lifetime's research into baroque performing practice.

Drawing on the encyclopedic wealth of material in the author's classic studies The Interpretation of Early Music and A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music, it supplies a basic grounding for students, performers and all early music enthusiasts.

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0393300528
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978-0393300529
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W. W. Norton & Company
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September 17, 1982
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English
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6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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This book makes available for the time in paperback the fruit of a lifetime's research into baroque performing practice. Drawing on the encyclopaedic wealth of material in the author's classic studies 'The Interpretation of Early Music' and 'A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music', it supplies a basic grounding for students, performers and all early music enthusiasts.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition (September 17, 1982)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393300528
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393300529
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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Uribe Juliana

Not good quality

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021

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Content is great buy paper and printing quality are not

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Gerardo

Requisite to be able to play well Baroque music

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2012

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Self I'm guitar player and baroque music lover. After I started to read (study) Donington's book I was surpised how bad and wrong I was playing Bach, Kapseberger, Sanz, Murcia and other baroque composer. And I have conservatory studies!!! Even tecnichal problem with the instrument has been solved. It is so important to know how to frase well in order to make the playing enyojable. The book also gives you a lot of literature to continue digging in the baroque era. You just want to know more and more. Nothing better to discover that you really don't know anything to let you feel the hunger of knowledge.

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Gabriel Arthur Petrie

Very thorough

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014

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This is apparently (based on the introduction) the distillation of a course of several previously published books, embellished and expanded upon to provide the reader with the greatest possible breadth of understanding of the baroque period, its influences, its output, its composers and most of all, its trends in performance. If you, like myself, could not find a baroque keyboarding instructor in the area, and must resort to teaching yourself, this book might possibly give you what no end of listening to recordings of modern interpretations of baroque compositions could ever give you.

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Cembalista

Take the leap into the world of Baroque performance practice!

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015

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This book is a streamlined version of Donington's "The Interpretation of Early Music," containing the most essential excerpts from primary sources on aspects of Baroque performance practice. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is just starting to enter the world of early music performance, since it points you towards all of the best sources and is laid out in a highly logical manner which makes it a very practical reference.

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jean Marie Taggart

Style and Performance

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014

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I play Classical Guitar and play in a Trio now, this book is extremely valuable for what we wish to accomplish as a Trio. We have only begun to play together and have high hopes of continuing on together to keep learning and growing as musicians. What most people do not realize is that it is the individualizing and personal interpreting of the music which is done in the rehearsing that matters MOST.

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Great book. There is a lot of detial in ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017

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Great book. There is a lot of detial in there but clearly stated and explained. It is very relevant for musicians who are playing baroque music solo or in groups. If you are into baroque, you need to get this.

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Josh Lee

Dated but good a good place to start

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2008

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This is a good source to get anyone started on their way performing in a "period" manner. The only drawback is more recent research and advances in style make large portions of this book seem dated and even quaint.

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merrie l daitch

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2015

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Very instructive. NH.

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