The intricacies and challenges of musical performance have recently attracted the attention of writers and scholars to a greater extent than ever before. Resear

A 1999 overview of historical performance, surveying issues and suggesting future developments.

Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the M

First published in 2005, this title provides extensive knowledge on seventeenth-century music.

The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combination of genres, styles and aesthetic o