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| Performance Practice and Baroque Sound | |
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| The role of the performer in baroque music | |
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| The sources and tools for studying baroque performance | |
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| Baroque Sound | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Tempo and Spirit | |
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| Tempo mark and meter in baroque music | |
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| Determining the appropriate spirit | |
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| Affect and the aria | |
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| Tempo in 17th century music | |
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| The 18th century adagio | |
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| Other baroque tempo marks | |
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| The dances and their tempos | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| Written and unwritten dynamic nuances in the 17th century | |
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| Written and implied dynamics in 18th century music | |
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| The relationship of dynamics to harmony | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Pitch, Tuning, and Temperament | |
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| The nonstandard nature of baroque pitches and temperaments | |
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| Northern Germany, The background to Bach's pitches | |
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| J S Bach's pitches | |
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| Low pitches used in France | |
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| Some high and low pitches in Italy | |
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| Choosing a pitch for modern performance | |
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| Equal and nonequal temperaments | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| The Basso Continuo | |
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| Use and function of the continuo in the 17th century | |
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| The choice of continuo instruments in French music | |
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| The continuo instruments in Bach's music | |
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| Realizine the continuo part | |
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| Summary and modern considerations | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Articulation | |
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| Lully and 17th century French orchestral practice | |
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| The emergence of solo styles of articulation in the 18th century | |
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| Late baroque solo and orchestral playing | |
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| Woodwind articulation | |
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| Articulation in singing | |
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| Keyboard articulation | |
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| Summary: Choosing articulation | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Rhythm and Notation | |
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| The unmeasured prelude | |
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| Declamation and recitative | |
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| Other rhythmic alterations | |
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| Summary and final thoughts | |
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| Bibliographical | |
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| Ornamentation | |
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| The early baroque period | |
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| Italian ornamentation after 1660 | |
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| French ornamentation after 1660 | |
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| Vocal ornamentation | |
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| J S Bach's ornamentation | |
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| Bibliographical notes | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Index | |