Author: KNIGHTON, TESS (EDITOR). FOUNDED BY J. M. THOMSON.
Title: Early Music [A quarterly magazine]. Volume 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29. 1997-2001. (Periodical).
Description: London. Oxford University Press. 1997-. 2001. Hardcover. 5 year run of this journal. Bound in 5 black library buckram cloth books. Ex-library copies with quite moderate stamps on covers and titlepages. No markings on the internal pages of the issues. Still sound, well-kept and almost unread looking otherwise. These were non-circulating books. Heavy bindings, the volumes are about 700 pages each. Wonderful articles for the specialist in this field, with information, printed music, and pictures not available elsewhere. Typical articles include: Bach's French Overtures and the Politics of Overdotting, Reconstructing the Mannheim Court Theatre, Discovering the Provenance and History of the Caius and Lambth Choirbooks, Mozart and the Pianos of Gabriel Anton Walter, Two Contributions to Dulcian Iconography, Did People Listen in the 18th Century?, A Florentine Harpsichord: Revealing a Transitional Technology, 'A Sweet Shrill Voice': The Countertenor and Vocal Scoring in Tudor England, Guadagni in the Dock: A Crisis in the Career of a Castrato, Timapani Parts in German Baroque Music: The Schlagmanieren, Iberian Discoveries: Six Spanish 17th-Century Harpsichords, Marenzio and Cardinal Luigi d'Este, Is the 'Quinton' a Viol310: A Puzzle Unravelled, An Italian Oboist in Germany: Double Reed Making c. 1750, Bach's Notation of Tempo and Early Music Peerformance: Some Considerations, Angel Musicians in the Medieval Stained Glass of Norfolk Churches, A Newly Discovered Gloria by Handel, The Arabic Style of Performing Medieval Music, Italian Wind Instrumentalists at the Scottish Royal Court during the 16th Century, etc. etc. These are very heavy books and overseas buyers will need to pay supplemental postage charges. Good.

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