This is a collection of twenty-nine of the most influential articles and papers about medieval musical instruments and their repertory. The authors discuss the construction of the instruments, their playing technique, the occasions for which they performed and their repertory. Taken as a whole, they paint a very broad, as well as detailed, picture of instrumental performance during the medieval period.
| ISBN: | 9780754627623 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2009 |
| Author: | Timothy J McGee |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 529 pages |
| Series: | Music in Medieval Europe |
| Genres: |
Art music, orchestral and formal music |