SYNTAGMA MUSICUM III by Michael Praetorius, Jeffery T. Kite-Powell (Editor) ( 9780195145632 )

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Title:

SYNTAGMA MUSICUM III

By:

Michael Praetorius, Jeffery T. Kite-Powell (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0195145631

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9780195145632

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 March, 2004

Series:

Early Music Series

Pages:

295

Translated from:

German

Description:

The translation of the third volume of Syntagma musicum, a multi-volume work by German composer and theorist Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Volume III deals with terminolgy and performance practice, and offers us the most detailed commentary available from the 17th century about the performance of particular pieces of music. Praetorius is the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice. In his translation, Kite=Powell has worked with anotoriously difficult syntax to produce a definitive English edition of this important work.

Synopsis:

This translation of the third volume of Syntagma musicum is part of a multi-volume work by German composer and theorist Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Volume III deals with terminology and performance practice, and offers us the most detailed commentary available from the 17th century about the performance of particular pieces of music. For modern scholars, this third volume is the preeminent source of contemporary information on performance practice for the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Praetorius is the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice. In his translation, Kite-Powell has worked with a notoriously difficult syntax to produce a definitive English edition of this important work.

Illustrations:

numerous music examples and tables

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Imprint:

Oxford University Press Inc

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Returnable

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