Performance Practice

VOLUME 1: PART 1 MEDIEVAL MUSIC Introduction (sources, theory, iconography, society, venues) Instruments Chant Secular Monophony Polyphony Unwritten traditions Interlude I: Musica ficta Tempo, proportions PART 2 RENAISSANCE MUSIC Introduction Instruments Sacred Polyphony Secular Polyphony Monophony Unwritten traditions Interlude II: Pitch Temperaments, tuning Fingering, articulation. VOLUME 2: PART 3 BAROQUE MUSIC Introduction Instruments Voices Notation and non-notation PART 4 CLASSICAL MUSIC Introduction Instruments Voices Ornamentation, improvisation PART 5 ROMANTIC MUSIC Introduction Instruments Voices PART 6 THE 20TH CENTURY 1900-40 1940-80 Index