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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.