Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing the
Performance practice is the study of how music was performed over the centuries, both by its originators (the composers and performers who introduced the works)
How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways? And how could composers
(Limelight). The Singer's Companion combines the author's extensive research on hundreds of professional singers' and singing teachers' books with 30 years of p
From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at the classical period, in Europe and America, f