Description
Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters-and limitations-of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance.
An acclaimed flutist's insights on historically authentic performance
About the Author
Barthold Kuijken is Professor of Baroque Flute and Head of the Early Music Section at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and The Hague.
Reviews
In a climate where marketing and convenient practicalities have increasingly tended to overwhelm historical evidence, Kuijken's book is timely and worthwhile.
* Performance Practice Review *Book Information
ISBN 9780253010605
Author Barthold Kuijken
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 340g
