Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Weapons of Rhetoric: a guide for musicians and audiences

The Weapons of Rhetoric: a guide for musicians and audiences

Tarling, Judy

Paperback

General ReferenceClassical MusicPerformance Art

Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 0993281036
ISBN13: 9780993281037
Publisher: Punnett Press
Published: Nov 1 2023
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.84 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

This book strikes at the heart of musical performance with a study of the relationship between music and rhetoric which was much remarked upon during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The ideas of the classical rhetoric books are traced through the Tudor classroom to the late eighteenth century. Concentrating on performance techniques that aid the communication of musical ideas to an audience, historical source material is used to demonstrate how to hold the attention of the listener and at the same time move and delight them. Quotations from the rhetoric manuals, Shakespeare and the Bible are complemented by over one hundred musical examples, drawn mainly from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, illustrating the connection between speaking and playing in the rhetorical style.

Also from

Tarling, Judy

View All

Also in

Classical Music

View All