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Improvisation In Sixteenth-Century Italy: Lessons From Rhetoric And Jazz, John Bass
Improvisation In Sixteenth-Century Italy: Lessons From Rhetoric And Jazz, John Bass
Performance Practice Review
Saying that embellishment was a big deal for sixteenth-century musicians is hardly a bold move; evidence abounds in treatises, music collections, and written accounts from the time. It has also been the subject of a fair amount of keen musicological scholarship over the years. But making sense out of what musicians of the time actually did in performance and trying to reproduce it today has proven to be more difficult, mainly because improvisers, by nature, do not tend to record what they do. The modern prevailing view seems to be that ornamentation was important, mainly because evidence suggests it was …
The Performance Of Scriabin's Piano Music: Evidence From The Piano Rolls, Anatole Leikin
The Performance Of Scriabin's Piano Music: Evidence From The Piano Rolls, Anatole Leikin
Performance Practice Review
RILM abstract: "An investigation of Skrjabin's performing style based on the composer's piano-roll recordings, focusing on a transcription of his 1910 recording of Poeme, op. 32, no. 1. The transcription demonstrates that in performance Skrjabin significantly changed the tempos, dynamics, articulation, rhythms, and even the original notes. Such features of the composer's performing style as rubato, phrasing, pedaling, and digressions from the printed text are analyzed."
"Ornamentation And Improvisation In Mozart." By Frederick Neumann., Malcolm S. Cole
"Ornamentation And Improvisation In Mozart." By Frederick Neumann., Malcolm S. Cole
Performance Practice Review
Reviews and critiques Neumann's 1986 book.