Second edition

Editor: Burton, Anthony

Norrington, Roger / Macdonald, Hugh / Brown, Christopher / Howat, Roy / Goode, David / Stowell, R...

• 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

• Preface (Romantic 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 [Clive Brown]
  
• Keyboard [Roy Howat]
  
• Strings [Robin Stowell]
  
• Wind Instruments [Trevor Herbert]
  
• Singing [David Mason]
  
• Sources and Editions [Robert Pascall]