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English Choral Practice, 1400 1650

English Choral Practice, 1400 1650

Morehen, John
John, Morehen

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, Book 5

Music Instruction: General

ISBN10: 0521544084
ISBN13: 9780521544085
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 30 2003
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.55 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This is the first book to survey the performing practices in English choral music in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the period of the English Reformation. The essays, all written by specialists in the field, consider in depth such areas as the growth and development of the 'church' choir, related issues of vocal tessitura, performing pitch, the systems of pronunciation appropriate for Latin- and English-texted music, and the day-to-day training of choristers. There is also an investigation of the local circumstances under which many of the important manuscripts of the period were compiled, which reveals an unsuspectedly close interrelationship between domestic music and music for the church. In addition, a study of surviving sources reveals that they give little more than a general guide as to their composers' and copyists' intentions.

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