A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music

Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade.The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors. The format addresses the widest possible audience for early music, including amateur and professional performers, musicologists, theorists, and educators.

Jeffery Kite-Powell is Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Musicology at Florida State University, where he teaches courses on musicology and music history, and directs the FSU Early Music Ensemble and the vocal group Cantores Music+ª Antiqu+ª.

Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Note on Transliteration
Vocal/Choral Issues
The Solo Voice
On Singing and the Vocal Ensemble I
On Singing and the Vocal Ensemble II
Practical Matters of Vocal Performance
Wind, String, & Percussion Instruments
Recorder Herbert Myers
Flute Herbert Myers
Capped Double Reeds
Shawm / Curtal
Racket Jeffery Kite-Powell







Percussion
Keyboard Instruments
Practical Considerations/Instrumentation
Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette Proto-continuo
Mixed ensembles
Large ensembles
Rehearsal Tips for Instrumental Ensembles
Performance editions
Performance Practice
Tuning & Temperament
Pitch & Transposition
Ornamentation and Improvisation
Pronunciation guides
Aspects of Theory
Eight Brief Rules for Composing a Si Placet part
Sarah Mead Renaissance Theory
Introduction to Renaissance Dance
Early Renaissance Dance, 1450-1520
For the Early Music Director
Starting from scratch
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