Martha Elliott is excellent in discussing how to read Baroque scores, closely comparing various published versions (including facsimile, early publication, 19th-century edition, and complete works edition) of a single piece.
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In his studies with the great Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma, who died July 25 at the age of 85, Guy Fishman writes that “the level of inquiry and erudition was intoxicating.”
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Pomerium’s latest recording is a program of Renaissance music showcasing musical games and puzzles that the ensemble performed at the Met Cloisters in New York City in 2016.
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The magisterial multi-volume set of Handel documents put together by Donald Burrows and the distinguished Handel scholars Helen Coffey, John Greenacombe, and the late Anthony Hicks promises to include just about everything written about, by, to, and for Handel.
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A new recording by Simon Murphy and the New Dutch Academy includes world-premiere recordings of three symphonies and Stephen Storace’s aria “Domestic Peace,” as well as the first recording of Carl Friedrich Zelter’s Concerto in E-flat for Viola and Orchestra on period instruments.
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