Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German Baro... - 9780521433273

Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German BaroqueAuthor(s): John Butt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521433273, 978-0521433273\nSynopsis\nIn considering the role of practical music in education, this book attempts to define the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran 'Latin' schools during the period [tel] and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. The understanding, gained through these educational texts, of music as a functional art - musica practica - in turn gives us insight into the thoughts of the contemporary performer and how he might have performed the sacred work of Praetorius, Schtz, Buxtehude or Bach. For all those interested in historical performance this book provides valuable information on the growi.