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French Horn Resources: Performer's Guides
A guide to the French horn resources in the music library.
Performer's Guides
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A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music by
Call Number: ML457 .D65 1974ISBN: 0684131552Publication Date: 1974-01-01 -
A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music by
Call Number: ML457 .P475 2000ISBN: 0253337526Publication Date: 2000-03-01This is an excellent reference volume including essays on all aspects of medieval music performance. With forty essays written by experts in the field on everything from repertoire, voices and instruments to basic theory, all aspects of recreation are treated. This guide has already proven indispensable to performers and scholars of medieval music. Chapters on vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music, and guidelines for directors are all treated. It is a comprehensive and authoritative reference by leading performers in the field for a variety of enthusiasts. -
A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music by
Call Number: ML457 .P48 2007ISBN: 9780253348661Publication Date: 2007-08-02Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade. The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators. -
The Early Horn by
Call Number: ML955 .H86 2000ISBN: 0521632102Publication Date: 2000-07-06This introduction to the early horn provides a historical account of the instrument's development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. The book aims to help performers to play in a historically appropriate style and provides a series of case studies including major works from the horn repertoire by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. It includes chapters on the historical background of the instrument, its design and development, and choice of instrument today.