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

A stimulating guide that will help students and teachers achieve stylish performances of music from the Romantic period. Contributors include Sir Roger Norrington, Roy Howat, David Goode and Robert Pascall. 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 (Romantic period) [Anthony Burton]
Introduction [Roger Norrington]
Historical Background [Hugh Macdonald]
Notation and Interpretation [Clive Brown]
Keyboard [Roy Howat]
Organ [David Goode]
Strings [Robin Stowell]
Wind Instruments [Trevor Herbert]
Singing [David Mason]
Sources and Editions [Robert Pascall]