The art of re-enchantment : making early music in the modern age /
This study tells the story of the British early music movement. Since the late-1960s this influential cultural phenomenon has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, revolutionising the classical music profession in the process. 40 years on, the influence of histo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This study tells the story of the British early music movement. Since the late-1960s this influential cultural phenomenon has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, revolutionising the classical music profession in the process. 40 years on, the influence of historically informed performance is everywhere to hear. And yet the extraordinary rise of 'Early Music', founded on its apparently uncompromising agenda of 'authenticity', has been anything but uncontroversial. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199939947 0199939942 9780199369775 0199369771 |