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Barbara Pentland by Timothy J McGee
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.58Barbara Pentland and her music have long been the centre of controversy. As a woman in what many saw as a man's field, her role as composer provoked negative reactions into the 1950s, and her music... -
Medieval Instrumental Dances by Timothy J. McGee
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was an important and frequent event-for the nobility a gracious way to entertain guests,... -
The Music of Canada by Timothy J. McGee 9780393953763
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.54Written by Timothy McGee, professor of music at the University of Toronto, the narrative ranges across the many genres of music that have flourished in Canada: art music, folk and popular music,... -
The Ceremonial Musicians of Late Medieval Florence by Timothy J. McGee
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £27.70The Ceremonial Musicians of Late Medieval Florence follows the development of Florentine musical ensembles, describing their duties and repertories, placing them in their political and social... -
Improvisation in the Arts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Timothy J. McGee 9781580440448
Booksplease Price: £13.75One impression that stands out from this collection is the extent to which improvisation was an important factor in all of the arts. As each of the authors assembles a case by ferreting out bits and... -
Taking a Stand: Essays in honour of John Beckwith by Timothy J McGee 9781487578916
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £24.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487578916Author Timothy J McGeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint University of Toronto... -
The Sounds and Sights of Performance in Early Music: Essays in Honour of Timothy J. McGee Maureen Epp 9781138264984
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £49.89The experience of music performance is always far more than the sum of its sounds, and evidence for playing and singing techniques is not only inscribed in music notation but can also be found in... -
Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance by Timothy J. McGee
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.62Praise for the cloth edition:"Commendable in its scholarship . . . should prove of interest to linguists, medievalists, and Renaissance academicians, as well as to fastidious performers of early... -
Music and Medieval Manuscripts: Paleography and Performance by Randall Rosenfeld 9781138256651
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £53.59The interdisciplinary approach of Music and Medieval Manuscripts is modeled on the work of the scholar to whom the book is dedicated. Professor Andrew Hughes is recognized internationally for his... -
The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Don Michael Randel
Booksplease Price: £24.48This new compact guide to the history and performance of music is both authoritative and a pleasure to use. With entries drawn and condensed from the widely acclaimed The New Harvard Dictionary of... -
Dante's Journey to Polyphony by Francesco Ciabattoni 9781442626799
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48In Dante's Journey to Polyphony, Francesco Ciabattoni's erudite analysis sheds light on Dante's use of music in the Divine Comedy. Following the work's musical evolution, Ciabattoni moves from the... -
Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers by Bernard D. Sherman 9780195169454
RRP: £37.49Booksplease Price: £30.84The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top... -
Handel as Orpheus: Voice and Desire in the Chamber Cantatas by Ellen T. Harris
Booksplease Price: £34.11Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In Handel as Orpheus, the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris...