"Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. T ..."
"English summary: Louis XIV's passion for music favoured the emergence of a specific national musical style, especially through his patronage of a number of string ensembles. This collection of articles examines the particularities of these ensembles, the first orchestras, including their musicians, instruments, institutional framework, and spread throughout the rest of France. Rich illustrations accompany the texts. French text. French ..."