Dirk Moelants Improvising Early Music

The history of musical improvisation from the late Middle Ages to the early Baroque.Studying improvised music is always a challenge, due to its volatility and unpredictability. But what about studying musical improvisation from before the age of sound recordings? In this book three experts give their view on aspects of musical improvisation in the late medieval, renaissance, and early baroque periods. Historical sources show us how improvisation was an integral part of music education and how closely...

Engels | 136 pagina's | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2014

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