The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters—and limitations—of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance.

© 2024 Indiana University Press (E-bog): 9780253010681

Release date

E-bog: 6. juni 2024