The Cambridge History of Musical Performance
- Editor: Lawson, Colin
- Editor: Stowell, Robin
It provides a glorious, grandstand view of the institutions, and the social and technological forces, that have generated decisive changes in performance —
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Contents
- Preface Colin Lawson and Robin Stowell;
- Part I . Performance Through History:
- 1. Performance today Nicholas Kenyon;
- 2. Political process, social structure, and musical performance in Europe since 1450 William Weber;
- 3. The evidence Robin Stowell;
- 4. The performer and the composer Corey Jamason;
- 5. The teaching of performance Natasha Loges and Colin Lawson;
- 6. Music and musical performance: histories in disjunction? David Wright;
- Part II . Pre-Renaissance Performance:
- 7. The ancient world Eleonora Rocconi;
- 8. Performance before c.1430: an overview John Haines;
- 9. Vocal performance before c.1430 Jeremy Summerly;
- 10. Instrumental performance before c.1430 Stefano Mengozzi;
- 11. Case study: Guillaume de Machaut: ballade 34, 'Quant Theseus/Ne quier veoir' John Haines;
- Part III . Performance in the Renaissance (c.1430-1600):
- 12. Performance in the Renaissance: an overview Jon Banks;
- 13. Vocal performance in the Renaissance Timothy McGee;
- 14. Instrumental performance in the Renaissance Keith Polk;
- 15. Case study: Seville cathedral's music in performance 1549-1599 Owen Rees;
- Part IV . Performance in the Seventeenth Century:
- 16. Performance in the seventeenth century: an overview Tim Carter;
- 17. Vocal performance in the seventeenth century Richard Wistreich;
- 18. Instrumental performance in the seventeenth century David Ponsford;
- 19. Case study: Monteverdi's Mass and Vespers (1610) Jonathan Wainwright;
- Part V . Performance in the 'Long Eighteenth Century':
- 20. Performance in the 'long eighteenth century': an overview Simon McVeigh;
- 21. Vocal performance in 'the long eighteenth century' John Potter;
- 22. Instrumental performance in 'the long eighteenth century' Peter Walls;
- 23. Case study: Mozart: Symphonies in E flat major K543, G minor K550 and C major K551 Colin Lawson;
- Part VI . Performance in the Nineteenth Century:
- 24. Performance in the nineteenth century: an overview Michael Musgrave;
- 25. Vocal performance in the nineteenth century Will Crutchfield;
- 26. Instrumental performance in the nineteenth century Ian Pace;
- 27. Case study: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Robin Stowell;
- Part VII . The Twentieth Century and Beyond:
- 28. Musical performance in the twentieth century: an overview Stephen Cottrell;
- 29. Vocal performance in the twentieth century and beyond Jane Manning and Anthony Payne;
- 30. Instrumental performance in the twentieth century and beyond Roger Heaton;
- 31. Case study: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen fur drei Orchester William Mival;
- Part VIII :
- 32. The future? Colin Lawson and Robin Stowell; Bibliography.