This 1915 study remains a landmark of musicology, offering not only a text on performance practices of the baroque but also glimpses of what music meant — both as an art and a science — to musicians of the period. Topics include tempo, rhythm, ornamentation, wrist positioning and fingering, instruments of the era, more. Unabridged republication of The Interpretation of the Music of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Novello & Co., London, 1946.
The Rise of Music in the Ancient World: East and West by Curt Sachs An eminent scholar explores the evolution of music, from the ecstatic singing of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, Rome, and other regions.
