MARC Record
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190523s1995 g 1 0 eng d
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a| eng
100
4| edt
a| Morehen, John
9| 17107
245
a| English Choral Practice, 1400-1650
260
a| Cambridge
b| Cambridge University Press
c| 1995
300
a| 246 pages
490
a| Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice
520
a| This is the first book to survey the performing practices in English choral music in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the period of the English Reformation. The essays, all written by specialists in the field, consider in depth such areas as the growth and development of the 'church' choir, related issues of vocal tessitura, performing pitch, the systems of pronunciation appropriate for Latin- and English-texted music, and the day-to-day training of choristers. There is also an investigation of the local circumstances under which many of the important manuscripts of the period were compiled, which reveals an unsuspectedly close interrelationship between domestic music and music for the church. In addition, a study of surviving sources reveals that they give little more than a general guide as to their composers' and copyists' intentions.
648
0
a| 15th Century (1401-1500)
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9| 21015
648
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a| 16th Century (1501-1600)
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9| 20944
648
0
a| 17th Century (1601-1700)
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650
0
a| Choir
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a| Choral music
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a| Performance
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a| Music performance technique
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a| Pronunciation
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9| 3632
650
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a| Latin
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650
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a| Church music
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9| 2283
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a| United Kingdom
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c| BOO
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a| boek
852
b| ORPH
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d| 15155