In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers rediscover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making ...

Covers the Italian Baroque period (1600-1730). Borgir rejects the notion that the basso continuo line is doubled by bass instruments and shows how these have an independent ...

In the 1530s, five Bassano brothers, who were outstanding wind players and instrument makers, emigrated from Venice to England. Dr Lasocki's authoritative new book, the first ...

A revised and expanded guide to performance practice issues in Renaissance music

The music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra examines the 20th-century attitude toward early music, focusing on works by Monteverdi, Handel, and Gluck.