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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Tempo In Mahler As Recollected By Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Nancy M. Raabe
Tempo In Mahler As Recollected By Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Nancy M. Raabe
Performance Practice Review
"There is no standard concert hall repertoire in which lack of sensitivity to tempo and Expression marks is more damaging than Mahler's symphonies. Their coherence lies in a series of tonal relationships emphasized by thematic connections, and tempo provides the medium through which these connections are made. Drawing on the writings of Mahler's friend Natalie Bauer-Lechner, the importance of tempo in Mahler's works is illustrated by the composer's own words."
Table Of Contents
Performance Practice Review
Front matter and Table of Contents from the Spring 1990 (3/1) issue of Performance Practice Review.
"'Musica Ficta': Theories Of Accidental Inflections In Vocal Polyphony From Marchetto De Padova To Gioseffo Zarlino" By Karol Berger, Don Harrán
Performance Practice Review
Harran discusses and reviews Berger's 1987 book.
"The Florentine Camerata: Documentary Studies And Translations." By Claude V. Palisca, Hugh Wiley Hitchcock
"The Florentine Camerata: Documentary Studies And Translations." By Claude V. Palisca, Hugh Wiley Hitchcock
Performance Practice Review
Hitchcock discusses and reviews Palisca's 1989 book.
Questions Concerning The Edition Of The 'Goldberg Variations' In The Neue Bach Ausgabe, Erich Schwandt
Questions Concerning The Edition Of The 'Goldberg Variations' In The Neue Bach Ausgabe, Erich Schwandt
Performance Practice Review
The edition of BWV 988 has a number of serious errors that make it unsuitable for performance or study. The editor, Christoph Wolff, has introduced arbitrary readings, redistributed articulation marks, and misread ornaments. The editors of the Neue Bach Ausgabe ought to consider withdrawing the edition. (Rabin, Ronald J.)
"J. S. Bach As Organist: His Instruments, Music And Performance Practices" George Stauffer And Ernest May, Eds., Kimberly Marshall
"J. S. Bach As Organist: His Instruments, Music And Performance Practices" George Stauffer And Ernest May, Eds., Kimberly Marshall
Performance Practice Review
Marshall discusses and reviews Stauffer and May's 1986 book.
"Performance Practices In Classic Piano Music" By Sandra P. Rosenblum, A. Peter Brown
"Performance Practices In Classic Piano Music" By Sandra P. Rosenblum, A. Peter Brown
Performance Practice Review
Brown discusses and reviews Rosenblum's 1988 book.
"Continuo Playing On The Lute, Archlute And Theorbo" By Nigel North, James Tyler
"Continuo Playing On The Lute, Archlute And Theorbo" By Nigel North, James Tyler
Performance Practice Review
Tyler discusses and reviews North's 1987 book.
"Bel Canto: The Teaching Of The Classical Italian Song-Schools, Its Decline And Restoration" By Lucie Manén, Philip Lieson Miller
"Bel Canto: The Teaching Of The Classical Italian Song-Schools, Its Decline And Restoration" By Lucie Manén, Philip Lieson Miller
Performance Practice Review
Miller discusses and reviews Manén's 1987 book.
"'Historical Performance': The Journal Of Early Music America" Paul C. Echols, Ed., George Houle
"'Historical Performance': The Journal Of Early Music America" Paul C. Echols, Ed., George Houle
Performance Practice Review
Houle discusses and reviews the periodical published by Early Music America.
"Clavichord Music Of Johann Kuhnau And C. P. E. Bach" Joan Benson, Clavichordist., E. Eugene Helm
"Clavichord Music Of Johann Kuhnau And C. P. E. Bach" Joan Benson, Clavichordist., E. Eugene Helm
Performance Practice Review
Helm discusses and reviews Benson' 1987 recording.
Contributors/End Matter
Performance Practice Review
List of contributors to the Spring 1990 (3/1) issue of Performance Practice Review.
Front Matter/Table Of Contents
Front Matter/Table Of Contents
Performance Practice Review
Cover, Table of Contents, and Copyright Information.
Performance Practice: A Manifestation Of Our Time?, Roland Jackson
Performance Practice: A Manifestation Of Our Time?, Roland Jackson
Performance Practice Review
Contrasts the antihistorical, conceptualist attitude (treating the past as our conception of it) of certain performance critics with the historical, realist position (holding that a discoverable reality can be found in the past) of certain performance-practice exponents.
A Letter By The Composer About "Giovanni D'Arco" And Some Remarks On The Division Of Musical Direction In Verdi's Day, Martin Chusid
A Letter By The Composer About "Giovanni D'Arco" And Some Remarks On The Division Of Musical Direction In Verdi's Day, Martin Chusid
Performance Practice Review
A relatively long letter from Giuseppe Verdi to the Florentine vocal director Pietro Romani, reproduced here, indicates the tempos for individual numbers of his opera Giovanna d'Arco. Verdi had a general preference for quicker tempos. The letter also provides valuable evidence for the different roles of the vocal director (Maestro di cappella, Maestro al cembalo, Maestro della musica, Maestro delle opere, or Maestro concertatore) and concertmaster, who served as the orchestra's leader, suggesting an account of the evolution of divided direction of Italian opera into the modern situation of direction by a single conductor.
Villanescas Of The Virtuosi: Lasso And The Commedia Dell'arte, Martha Farahat
Villanescas Of The Virtuosi: Lasso And The Commedia Dell'arte, Martha Farahat
Performance Practice Review
"Little is known about the music of the 16th- and 17th-c. Commedia dell'arte due to the improvisatory nature of the genre. The most detailed account of a commedia performance is in the composer Massimo Troiano's Discorsi... describing the festivities on the occasion of the wedding of Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria and Renee of Lorraine (1568). This account only mentions a few musical pieces: the music between acts and one internal song by Roland de Lassus, the kapellmeister. It is possible that Troiano did not mention all the music; close scrutiny of Lassus's 1581 Libri di villanelle... reveals that some …
Communications, George Houle, Alexander Silbiger
Communications, George Houle, Alexander Silbiger
Performance Practice Review
Various communications concerning previous topics covered in Performance Practice Review
Southern Harmony Singing: A Tradition Of Shape-Note Practice, Deborah C. Loftis
Southern Harmony Singing: A Tradition Of Shape-Note Practice, Deborah C. Loftis
Performance Practice Review
Since 1884, Benton, Kentucky has hosted an annual shape-note singing event known as Big Singing Day. The singers use the 1854 edition of The Southern harmony and musical companion compiled by William Walker. Distinctions set Southern Harmony singing apart from what is described as the norm for this style of music, that is, the performance practices associated with Sacred Harp singing. Differences include seating arrangement, expertise, and style of conducting, intensity of singing, sonority, and preference in repertoire. Southern Harmony singers have tried to continue the tradition without change; Sacred Harp singers have embraced changes willingly.
Announcements/Contributors
Performance Practice Review
Describes current events such as conferences and musicological projects relating to performance practice.
Lists of contributors from the Fall 1990 (3/2) of Performance Practice review.
"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.
The Trio Sonata In Pre-Corellian Prints: When Does 3 = 4?, Sandra Mangsen
The Trio Sonata In Pre-Corellian Prints: When Does 3 = 4?, Sandra Mangsen
Performance Practice Review
Printed sources of pre-Corellian trios include several distinct scorings, one of which requires four performers (SSBbc). Particular scorings correlate with musical style and function. Melodic bass and chordal continuo were employed in the church sonata; one or the other in the dance repertoire. Moreover, the stronger the contrapuntal role of the bass part, the more likely it was to be played on a melodic instrument. After 1660, sacred and secular scoring practices became less distinct. Increasingly active dance bass lines were more often figured, while chordal and melodic bass parts of church sonatas became nearly identical.
Performance Practice Bibliography (1989)
Performance Practice Bibliography (1989)
Performance Practice Review
Ongoing bibliography of recent articles and books pertaining to performance practice.