Ornamentation in baroque and post-baroque music : with special emphasis on J.S. Bach / by Neumann, Frederick

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Ornamentation in baroque and post-baroque music : with special emphasis on J. S. Bach / by Neumann, Frederick

Essays in performance practice / by Neumann, Frederick

Table of Contents: “…The use of baroque treatises on musical performance -- Donington's A performer's guide to baroque music, a review -- The French inégales, Quantz and Bach -- An answer to Donington's critique -- External evidence and uneven notes -- The dotted note and the so-called French style -- Rhythm in the two versions of Bach's French overture, BWV 831 -- Facts and fiction about overdotting -- Once more the "French overture style" -- The overdotting syndrome, anatomy of a delusion -- Misconceptions about the French trill in the 17th and 18th centuries -- A new look at Bach's ornamentation -- Notes on "melodic" and "harmonic" ornaments -- Couperin and the downbeat doctrine for appoggiaturas - Ornament and structure -- The appoggiatura in Mozart's recitative.…”