A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music

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A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music is written by Stewart Carter and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253005280 (ISBN 10) and 9780253005281 (ISBN 13).

Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.