Musical Performance
Subtitle: A Guide to Understanding
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780521788625
Subjects: Composers & musicians; Techniques of music; Theory of music & musicology; Music/Songbooks; Music; Instruction & Study - Techniques; Music / General; Genres & Styles - Musicals; Performance
First sentence: Ay most classical concerts today we expect the audience to remain silent in rapt attention, but this is a quite recent social phenomenon, far removed from music-making of any kind before the beginning of the twentieth century.