Editor: Burton, Anthony

Hogwood, Christopher / Pratt, George / Holman, Peter / Moroney, Davitt / Manze, Andrew / Preston,...

• the latest thinking on stylish performance presented in a clear, helpful and practical way

• chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions

• specialist advice for keyboard, string and wind players, and singers

• illustrated with many music examples, facsimiles and pictures

• includes a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings

• Preface (Baroque period) [Anthony Burton]
  
• Introduction [Christopher Hogwood / Jane Glover / Roger Norrington / William Baines / Richard Crozier / Trevor Herbert / Paul Harris / Clara Taylor]
  
• Historical Background [David Wyn Jones / George Pratt]
  
• Notation and Interpretation [Peter Holman]
  
• Keyboard [Davitt Moroney]
  
• Strings [Andrew Manze]
  
• Wind Instruments [Stephen Preston]
  
• Singing [John Potter]
  
• Sources and Editions [Clifford Bartlett]