Essays in Performance Practice

A collection of Neumann's controversial essays which challenges accepted theories on performance practice in 17th- and 18th-century music. "This book, addressed to the practicing musican and student of music history, should beconsidered indispensable reading for both, and it is written by a master writer . . . its author speaks with the unquestionable authority of lifelong experience in impeccable research and professional performance . . . "
 
A collection of Neumann's controversial essays which challenges accepted theories on performance practice in 17th- and 18th-century music. "This book, addressed to the practicing musican and student of music history, should beconsidered indispensable reading for both, and it is written by a master writer . . . its author speaks with the unquestionable authority of lifelong experience in impeccable research and professional performance . . . "