Subject Area: Music-Baroque

Dance Music from the Ballets de Cour 1575-1651: Historical Commentary, Source Study, and Transcriptions from the Philidor Manuscripts

Buch, David J.
2023 1-4955-1163-4 200 pages
"In establishing my aims, I have concentrated on four I believe to be of highest priority: (1) Characterize this musical repertory and place it in its historical context. (2) Review past scholarship on this music, identifying controversies and accounting for inaccuracies and misperceptions. (3) Establish principles for musical performance practice. (4) Provide a reliable edition of selected representative works (based on the best possible sources) suitable for both scholarly study and practical performance, describing the sources and discussing their respective primacy, use and notation." -David J. Buch [Preface] This book was originally published in 1993 by Pendragon Press.

The Harmonic Orator: The Phrasing and Rhetoric of the Melody in French Baroque Airs

Ranum, Patricia M.
2023 1-4955-1112-X 496 pages
"[Patricia Ranum] and I both believe in the inherent musicality of language itself and the necessity to treat music and written text on an equal basis. Words and their organization create melody, rhythm, and dynamics. ...Patricia Ranum's book reveals and explains to her readers this essential aspect of French musical art." -William Christie (Preface) This book was originally published by Pendragon Press in 2001.