Historical Performance
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Oberlin Conservatory Department of Historical Performance
Baron, John H. Baroque Music: a Research and Information Guide. New York: Garland, 1993.
Donington, Robert. The Interpretation of Early Music. New York: Norton, 1989.
Anthony, James R. French Baroque Music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau. Portland, Ore.: Amadeus Press, 1997.
Cowart, Georgia, ed. French Musical Thought, 1600-1800. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1989.
Heyer, Hajdu. Jean-Baptiste Lully and the Music of the French Baroque: Essays in Honor of James R. Anthony. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Mather, Betty Bang. Dance rhythms of the French Baroque: a Handbook for Performance. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Sadie, Julie Anne. The Bass Viol in French Baroque Chamber Music. Ann Arbor : UMI Research Press, 1980.
Whitwell, David. Aesthetics of Music in Sixteenth Century Germany, the Low Countries and England. Northridge,CA: Winds, 1996.
Allsop, Peter, Dr. The Italian 'trio' Sonata: From its Origins Until Corelli. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York
Bianconi, Lorenzo. Music in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Carter, Tim. Monteverdi and His Contemporaries. Aldershot; Burlington: Ashgate, 2000.
Carter, Tim. Music in Late Renaissance & Early Baroque Italy. London: B.T. Batsford, 1992.
Charteris, Richard, ed. Essays on Italian music in the Cinquecento. Charteris. Sydney, Australia: Frederick May Foundation for Italian Studies, 1990.
Whitwell, David. Aesthetics of Music in Sixteenth Century Italy, France, and Spain. Northridge, CA (Box 280513, Northridge, CA 91328): Winds, 1996.
Carroll, Paul. Baroque Woodwind Instruments: a Guide to Their history, Repertoire, and Basic Technique. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, 1999.
Carter, Stewart, ed. A performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music. New York : Schirmer Books, 1997.
Cyr, Mary. Performing Baroque Music. Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press, 1992.
Hefling, Stephen E. Rhythmic Alteration in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Music: Notes Inegales and Overdotting. New York: Schirmer Books; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.
Neumann, Frederick. Performance Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. New York: Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ;
Owen, Barbara. The Registration of Baroque Organ Music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Ranum, Patricia M. The harmonic Orator: the Phrasing and Rhetoric of the Melody in French Baroque Airs. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon, 2001.
Tarling, Judy. Baroque String Playing for Ingenious Learners. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, U.K.: Corda Music, 2000.