Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance

By Barthold Kuijken

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253010608
• ISBN13: 9780253010605
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher