Readings in the History of Music in Performance

" . . . extremely useful . . . In MacClintock's selections, even when the source is primarily theoretical, she chooses passages that give a lively insight into actual music-making."―Continuo

Readings on the performance of Western music from the late middle ages to the early nineteenth century describe the accepted conventions and actual practices of former times.

CAROL MACCLINTOCK (1910–1989) was Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Cincinnati and author of The Solo Song 1580–1730, Giaches de Wert: Life and Works, and many other books and articles.