Bibliography & Original-Language Texts
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1 Everyday Life country ∙ town ∙ home ∙ festivities 4
2 Educated Classes the lady ∙ the gentleman ∙ in company 18
3 Public Entertainment civic display ∙ concerts ∙ plays ∙ opera 34
4 Church 1 the status of music ∙ liturgy in practice ∙ instruments ∙ reports 45
5 Church 2 women & the church ∙ nunneries ∙ Venetian ospedali 59
8 The Composer becoming a composer ∙ employment ∙ publication ∙ patrons ∙ composers at work 99
a Dancing 111 ∙ b Music at table 114 ∙ c Public devotion & the oratorio 118 ∙ d Church congregations 121 ∙ e The organist as servant of the Church 124 ∙ f Conduct of church musicians 127 ∙ g Professional training 130 ∙ h The castrato 134 ∙ i The instrument maker 138 ∙ j Publishing & trade 143 ∙ k Versatility 147 ∙ l Venice 151 ∙ m Sounds of war 156 ∙ n New worlds 160
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10 Ideas 2 the power of music ∙ music & morals ∙ the passions 179
11 Composition fundamentals ∙ beyond the rules ∙ guidelines ∙ styles 191
13 Musical Drama before opera ∙ new directions ∙ recitative ∙ librettos 214
14 Historical Perspectives tradition & innovation ∙ historiography ∙ landmarks 227
a Dance 243 ∙ b Tuning systems 247 ∙ c Mechanical matters 251 ∙ d Rhetoric 256 ∙ e Notation 260 ∙ f Theory in practice 265 ∙ g Listening 270 ∙ h Critiques of musical composition 276 ∙ i National styles 281 ∙ j Academies & musical societies 286 ∙ k England from Reformation to Restoration 291
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16 Stringed Instruments: plucked harp ∙ citole, gittern & cittern ∙ lute ∙ vihuela & guitar 312
17 Stringed Instruments: bowed fiddle & rebec ∙ viol ∙ violin ∙ bass instruments ∙ the bow 322
18 Wind Instruments flute, recorder & reed instruments ∙ brass instruments & cornett 334
19 Keyboard Instruments organ ∙ clavichord & harpsichord 348
21 Improvisation improvised vocal counterpoint ∙ improvising at the keyboard ∙ lute & viol 375
22 Performance 1 the composer’s intentions ∙ the performer ∙ rehearsal ∙ direction 387
23 Performance 2 pitch ∙ tunings & temperaments ∙ tuning up 401
24 Performance 3 tempo ∙ rhythm ∙ articulation ∙ soft & loud 414
25 Embellishment florid ornamentation ∙ ornamenting in consort ∙ execution 426
a More stringed instruments 437 ∙ b More wind instruments 441 ∙ c Drums, bells & others 444 ∙ d Instrument making 449 ∙ e Strings & the performer 455 ∙ f Acoustical matters 459 ∙ g Placement of performers 463 ∙ h Performance materials 470 ∙ i Plainchant 477 ∙ j Congregational singing 481 ∙ k Basso continuo 484 ∙ l Recitative 490 ∙ m Cadenzas 494 ∙ n Vibrato 496 ∙ o Standards of performance 500
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