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"Dance Rhythms Of The French Baroque: A Handbook For Performance" By Betty Bang Mather, Assisted By Dean M. Karns, Meredith Little

Performance Practice Review

Little discusses and reviews Mather and Karns' 1987 book.

"The Performance Of The Basso Continuo In Italian Baroque Music" By Tharald Borgir, John Walter Hill

Performance Practice Review

Hill discusses and reviews Borgir's 1987 book.

"The Organ Music Of J.S. Bach. Volume Iii: A Background." By Peter F. Williams, Kimberly Marshall

Performance Practice Review

Marshall reviews and discusses Peter Williams' 1984 work.

Williams, Peter F. The Organ Music of J.S. Bach: A Background. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. viii, 309p.

ISBN 0-521-24412-9

Francesco Rognoni's "Selva De Varii Passaggi" (1602): Fresh Details Concerning Early Baroque Vocal Ornamentation, Stewart Carter

Performance Practice Review

"One of Milan's most important musicians during the late 16th and early 17th centuries was Francesco Rognoni (died before 1626), a Knight and Count Palatine, son of Richardo Rogniono. The father had published an important treatise on ornamentation nearly thirty years prior to Francesco's. The title page of Francsco's Selva tells us that Francesco was head of instrumental music at the ducal court and maestro di cappella at Santo Ambrosio Maggiore in Milan. In an earlier publication he calls himself a "player of the violin, of the viola bastarda, and other instruments." He may in fact have written the first …

"Meter In Music, 1600-1800" By George Houle, Alexander Silbiger

Performance Practice Review

Silbiger discusses and reviews Houle's 1987 book.