Early Music - Text Book by Denis Stevens
,Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides is an immensely important series of books, each one on a different instrument or group of instruments or a particular field related to music. Each contributor is a musician of outstanding talent as well as an expert in his or her speciality.
,Although Early Music as a term of reference has now replaced 'ancient', 'old', or 'pre-classical music', performance problems remain much the same as before. This book offers fresh solutions for singers, players and directors. Originally entitled Musicology, it leaves out material of lesser interest, substituting new chapters and extensive revisions. Musicians are shown how to perform concertos by Vivaldi and his contemporaries in a way that would be recognised and encouraged by their composers. In addition, the key role of Sir Thomas Beecham as a pioneer in early music at last receives its proper credit and appreciation.
