Choral Performance: A Guide to Historical Practice - Paperback
Choral Performance: A Guide to Historical Practice - Paperback
$111.31
/
Your payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.
by Steven E. Plank (Author)
This is a detailed discussion of various aspects of historical performance practice, especially as they relate to liturgical styles of the Renaissance. Issues of timbre, tempo, ensemble, ornamentation, and pitch are among those treated at length in this work intended to broaden the understanding of contemporary choral performers and conductors alike.
Author Biography
Steven E. Plank is Chair of the Department of Musicology at Oberlin College. He is the author of the chapter 'Wrapped all in Woe': Passion Music in Late Medieval England in The Broken Body (Groningen, 1998) and The Way to Heavens Doore: An Introduction to Liturgical Process and Musical Style (Scarecrow, 1994). He has also been a contributor to diverse music journals, including Early Music, Musical Times, Music & Letters, and Choir and Organ.
