1st Edition
Bach Performance Practice, 1945–1975 A Comprehensive Review of Sound Recordings and Literature
By Dorottya Fabian
Copyright 2003
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines twentieth-century baroque performance practice as evinced in all the commercially available recordings of J.S. Bach's Passions, Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Dorottya Fabian presents a qualitative, style-orientated history of the early music movement in its formative years through a comparison of the performance... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; The early music movement: theory and context; The early music movement: a style-oriented history; Resources: instruments, voices, size of ensembles and the problem of balance; Tempo and dynamics; Ornamentation; Rhythm; Articulation; Conclusions; References; Discography; Bach Performance Practice, 1945-75:CD track list; Index.
Biography
Dorottya Fabian, The University of New South Wales, Australia
'From the perspective of research, this book will be remembered as one of the first comprehensive studies on the recorded performance. By focusing on several major works by Bach in the 30-year period immediately after the World War II, she succeeded in telling us fascinating stories from both performers and scholars of what they considered important, their mistakes and achievements, leaving lots of food for thoughts on what we may achieve in the future.' www.music.qub.ac.uk '... the author is perceptive and widely informed and her analyses and conclusions are incisive and relevant... A detailed and fascinating look at one of the most interesting periods in the history of music which answers as well as raises a number of interesting questions.' MusicWeb '... Fabian's book is excellent; many could learn from it immensely. So much so that it could be the textbook for any course on the history of Aufführungspraxis. The attached CD provides a clever selection of audio illustrations to the text; the exceptionally broadly based bibliography at the end of the book can serve as a handy reference for anybody. The monograph should be part of every decent library.' Translated from Magyar Zene
