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The history of music in performance; the art of musical interpretation from the renaissance to our day.

Title
The history of music in performance; the art of musical interpretation from the renaissance to our day. By Frederick Dorian.
Author
Dorian, Frederick, 1902-1991.
Publication
New York, N.Y., W.W. Norton & Co. [©1942]

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Description
387 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including music) plates, facsimiles (including music); 23 cm
Alternative Title
Art of musical interpretation.
Subject
  • Music > Performance > History
  • Music appreciation
  • Musical analysis
  • Style, Musical
  • Music > Performance > History and criticism
  • Music appreciation
  • Music > Performance
  • Musical analysis
  • Style, Musical
  • Musikalische Aufführungspraxis
  • Performance practice (Music)
  • Geschichte 1500-1940
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • "Bibliography and references": p. 363-367.
Contents
From renaissance to baroque -- The baroque -- Rococo and enlightenment -- Phrasing and dynamics -- Tempo and metronome -- Victory of form -- Classical romanticism -- Power and virtuosity -- Corrections -- Opera -- Between two epochs -- Historical correctness -- The objective revolt -- New gateways of interpretation -- The American scene.
ISBN
  • 0393003698
  • 9780393003697
LCCN
43002216
OCLC
  • ocm00398151
  • 398151
  • SCSB-182980
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library