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Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, with Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Frederick Neumann
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:648 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 216 |
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| Category/Genre | Theory of music and musicology
Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691027074
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| Classifications | Dewey:780.9032 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
21 December 1983 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Ornaments play an enormous role in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ambiguities in their notation (as well as their frequent omission in the score) have left doubt as to how composers intended them to be interpreted. Frederick Neumann, himself a violinist and conductor, questions the validity of the rigid principles applie
Reviews"This work is not only the definitive book on the subject to date. It will also make many scholars and musicians revise their pet ideas."--Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times
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