This is a thread to recommend books that would be a good introduction to your area of interest. For instance, if you're into astronomy maybe you could recommend a book for people who'd like to know a little about it.
"The End of Early Music" by Bruce Haynes is a very good introduction to the various schools of thought on musical performance that have existed in the past few hundred years. It covers things from a more philosophical level than a technical one covering things such as the intention and authority of the composer, the role of the performer, the expectation of the audience and how those things have changed drastically over the past few hundred years. It gets into technical matters too but it won't overwhelm somebody who isn't a professional musician. He compares and contrasts the romantic playing style of the 19th century, the modernist playing style of the 20th century and the newly emerged period performance style of the mid 20th century to the present. With the book are many audio samples. You can read a little of it here: http://books.google.com/books?id=nOAtpUT...=html_text
"The End of Early Music" by Bruce Haynes is a very good introduction to the various schools of thought on musical performance that have existed in the past few hundred years. It covers things from a more philosophical level than a technical one covering things such as the intention and authority of the composer, the role of the performer, the expectation of the audience and how those things have changed drastically over the past few hundred years. It gets into technical matters too but it won't overwhelm somebody who isn't a professional musician. He compares and contrasts the romantic playing style of the 19th century, the modernist playing style of the 20th century and the newly emerged period performance style of the mid 20th century to the present. With the book are many audio samples. You can read a little of it here: http://books.google.com/books?id=nOAtpUT...=html_text
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
