A Performer's Guide To Music Of The Classical Period (Book, CD)

A stimulating guide that will help students and teachers achieve stylish performances of music from the Classical period. Includes a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings.

• the latest thinking on stylish performance presented in a clear, helpful and practical way
• chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions
• specialist advice for keyboard, string and wind players, and singers
• illustrated with many music examples, facsimiles and pictures
• includes a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings

Series Editor: Anthony Burton

Preface (Classical period) [Anthony Burton]
Introduction [Jane Glover]
Historical Background [David Wyn Jones]
Notation and Interpretation [Cliff Eisen]
Keyboard [David Ward]
Strings [Duncan Druce]
Wind Instruments [Ashley Solomon]
Singing [Richard Wigmore]
Sources and Editions [Barry Cooper]