The art of re-enchantment
Subtitle: making early music in the modern age
By: Nick Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780199939930
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History and criticism; Music; Performance practice (Music); History
Description: This study tells the story of the British early music movement. Since the late-1960s this influential cultural phenomenon has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, revolutionising the classical music profession in the process. 40 years on, the influence of historically informed performance is everywhere to hear. And yet the extraordinary rise of 'Early Music', founded on its apparently uncompromising agenda of 'authenticity', has been anything but uncontroversial.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.