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Accompanying CD includes readings of most of the sample texts found in the book. The CD is intended to assist in interpreting the phonetic symbols, which are tr

City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music explores how space, urban life, landscape, and time transformed plainchant and other musical forms. Thirteen essa

Haynes (U. of Montreal) traces the history of musical pitch standards over the last four centuries, linking frequency values to pitch names and telling where, w

Covering historical performance practice in its broadest sense this text identifies common performing styles, comparing and using sound recordings from the past