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Tempo Magazine 2007

TEMPO

O Come All Ye Faithful -- (pg. 2) -- David Allen Wehr Appointed to Geltz Chair -- (pg. 3) -- Gala Launches Harth Violin Scholarship -- (pg. 5) -- DU Jazz Ensemble Plays Lincoln Center -- (pg. 8) -- Students Make CD Release Party a Success -- (pg. 9)

Keyboard Fingering And Interpretation: A Comparison Of Historical And Modern Approaches, Jeffrey Swinkin

Performance Practice Review

Earlier systems of keyboard fingering exploit the natural differences of finger strength and utilize frequent changes of position in order to facilitate localized (gestural) phrasing and articulation, among other interpretive nuances. The modern system of fingering, by contrast, views the fingers as more homogeneous and aims to keep the hand more stationary out of a concern for purely technical facility and for promoting a longer line. This essay offers numerous examples of historical keyboard fingerings—those by C. P. E Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Schenker—in each case discussing the implications the fingering has for phrasing and other aspects of interpretation. It …

Book Review: "Performance On Lute, Guitar And Vihuela: Historical Performance Practice And Interpretation" By Victor Anand Coelho, Daniel Zuluaga

Performance Practice Review

Zuluaga reviews Coelho's 2005 book.

Coelho, Victor Anand, ed. "Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela: Historical Performance Practice and Interpretation." Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, no. 6. ISBN 0-521-10943-5.

Book Review: "Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide For Musicians." By Roland Jackson, Peter Holman

Performance Practice Review

Peter Holman discusses and critiques Roland Jackson's Dictionary-Guide to performance-practice-related terms.

Book Review: "Bach's Solo Violin Works: A Performer's Guide" By Jaap Schröder, Peter Walls

Performance Practice Review

Peter Walls discusses and critiques Jaap Schröder's guide on how to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin.

Book Review: "Studies In The Printing, Publishing And Performance Of Music In The 16th Century." By Stanley Boorman, Maureen Buja

Performance Practice Review

Buja reviews Boorman's 2005 book.

Boorman, Stanley. Studies in the Printing, Publishing and Performance of Music in the 16th Century. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Variorium Collected Studies Series, C815. ISBN 0-86078-970-5.

Book Reviews: "Musical Instruments: History, Technology, And Performance Of Instruments Of Western Music." By Murray Campbell, Clive Greated And Arnold Myers, And "From Renaissance To Baroque: Change In Instruments And Instrumental Music In The Seventeenth Century: Proceedings Of The National Early Music Association Conference Held, In Association With The Department Of Music, University Of York And The York Early Music Festival, At The University College Of Ripon And York St Johan, York, 2-4 July 1999." By Jonathan Wainwright And Peter Holman., Rudolf Rasch

Performance Practice Review

Rasch reviews two books on musical instruments.

Campbell, Murray, Clive Greated, and Arnold Myers. "Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-816504-8.

Wainwright, Jonathan, Peter Holman, eds. "From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century. Proceedings of the National Early Music Association Conference held, in association with the Department of Music, University of York and the York Early Music Festival, at the University College of Ripon and York St Johan, York, 2-4 July 1999." Aldershot Hampshire: Ashgate, 2005. ISBN 0-7546-0403-9.

Book Review: "Singing In Style: A Guide To Vocal Performance Practices." By Martha Elliott., Margaret Murata

Performance Practice Review

Murata reviews and critiques Martha Elliot's book on singing.

Elliott, Martha. "Singing in Style: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices." New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-300-10932-6.