Early Music

Articles

John A. Rice

The Tuscan piano in the 1780s: some builders, composers and performers
Early Music 1993 XXI: 4-27; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Latcham

The check in some early pianos and the development of piano technique around the turn of the 18th century
Early Music 1993 XXI: 28-43; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.28 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock

The Fairy Queen: A fresh look at the issues
Early Music 1993 XXI: 44-64; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.44 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janet K. Page

‘To soften the sound of the hoboy’ The muted oboe in the 18th and early 19th centuries
Early Music 1993 XXI: 65-82; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.65 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George B. Stauffer

Boyvin, Grigny, D'Anglebert, and Bach's assimilation of French Classical organ music
Early Music 1993 XXI: 83-98; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.83 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Cole

A Handel harpsichord
Early Music 1993 XXI: 99-110; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.99 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Michael Talbot

Tim Carter, Music in late Renaissance and early Baroque Italy
Early Music 1993 XXI: 111-112; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Sole

Blake Wilson, Music and merchants: the laudesi companies of republican Florence
Early Music 1993 XXI: 112-114; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.112 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Bowers

Alan Brown and Richard Turbet eds., Byrd studies
Early Music 1993 XXI: 114-115; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.114 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Ledbetter

Gregory Butler, Bach's Clavier-Úbung III: the making of a print. With a companion study of the Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’, BWV769; Russell Stinson, The Bach manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and his circle: a case study in reception history
Early Music 1993 XXI: 115-117; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.115 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon McVeigh

Curtis Price, Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, The impresario's Ten Commandments: Continental recruitment for Italian opera in London, 1763–64
Early Music 1993 XXI: 117-118; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.117 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ephraim Segerman

Malcolm Rose and David Law, A handbook of historical stringing practice for keyboard instruments
Early Music 1993 XXI: 118-120; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.118 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Music Reviews

Julie Bray

Christopher Gibbons, Clare G. Rayner and John Caldwell eds., Keyboard compositions
Early Music 1993 XXI: 121-127; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.121 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Morehen

Peter Philips, John Steele ed., Cantiones sacrae octonis vocibus (1613); Peter Philips, Lionel Pike ed., Fifteen motets for solo voice and continuo
Early Music 1993 XXI: 127-129; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.127 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Falconer

Carl-Allan Moberg and Ann-Marie Nilsson, Die liturgischen Hymnen in Schweden II: 1. Die Singweisen und ihre Varianten; 2. Abbildungen ausgewahlter Quellenhandschriften; Ann-Marie Nilsson, On liturgical hymn melodies in Sweden during the Middle Ages
Early Music 1993 XXI: 129-131; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Langham Smith

Colin Tinley, The art of the unmeasured prelude for harpsichord
Early Music 1993 XXI: 131-134; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.131 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Recordings

Fabrice Fitch

Pierre de la Rue, Missa Cum Iocunditate; Motets: Gaude Virgo; Vexilla Regis/Passio Domini; Plorer Gemier/Requiem; O Salutaris Hostia; Ave Regina Celorum; Delicta Iuventutis; Considera Israel The Hilliard Ensemble EMI Classics CDC 7 54082 2 (rec 1990); Jacob Obrecht, Missa Ave Regina Celorum; Salve Crux; Walter Frye, Ave Regina Celorum The Dufay Consort, directed by Gary Cooper Dervorguilla DRVCDIO2 (rec 1991)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 135-136; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.135 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margaret Mabbett

In morte di Madonna Laura, Madrigal Cycle after Texts of Petrarca, Huelgas Ensemble, directed by Paul van Nevel, Sony Classical SK 45942 (rec 1990); Italia mia, Musical Imagination of the Renaissance, Huelgas Ensemble, directed by Paul van Nevel, Sony Classical SK 48065 (rec 1991); Italian Renaissance madrigals, The Hilhard Ensemble, EMI Classics CDC 7 54435 2 (rec 1991); Roland de Lassus, Chansons & Moresche, Ensemble Clément Janequin, Harmoma Mundi HMC 901391 (rec 1991); Renaissance music from the courts of Mantua and Ferrara, Circa 1500 Chandos CHAN 0524 (issued 1992)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 136-138; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.136 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Mateer

John Taverner, ‘Western Wynde’ Mass; O Splendor Gloriae; Te Deum, Alleluia Veni, Electa Mea, The Sixteen, directed by Harry Christophers Hyperion CDA66507 (rec 1991); John Sheppard, Church Music, Vol. 3, The Sixteen, directed by Harry Christophers, Hyperion CDA66570 (rec 1991); Thomas Weelkes, Cathedral Music. Winchester Cathedral Choir, conducted by David Hill, Hyperion CDA66477 (rec 1991); John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Robert White, Compline with Anthems and Motets, Clare College Chapel Choir, Cambridge, directed by Timothy Brown, Gamut Classics GAM CD 531 (rec 1992); Orlando Gibbons, Anthems and Instrumental Music, The Elizabethan Consort, Adrian Lucas (organ), The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, directed by George Guest Meridian CDE 84226 (issued 1992)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 138-141; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.138 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Elcombe

Michael Praetorius Magnificat, Aus Tiefer Not; der Tag Vertreibt, Venite Exultemus; Maria Magdalena; Peccavi Fateor, der CXVI Psalm Davids Huelgas Ensemble, conducted by Paul van Nevel Sony Classical SK 48039 (rec 1991) Keith Elcombe
Early Music 1993 XXI: 141-143; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.141 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernadette Nelson

El órgano histórico español, Vol 1, Antonio De Cabezón, Kimberly Marshall, Auvidis Valois v 4645 (rec 1991) Vol 2, Francisco Correa De Arauxo Bernard Foccroulle, Auvidis Valois v 4646 (rec 1991), Vol 4, La Escuela De Zaragoza, I., Lionel Rogg, Auvidis Valois v 4648 (rec 1991), Vol 5, La Escuela De Zaragoza, II., José Luis Gonzalez Uriol, Auvidis Valois v 4649 (rec 1991), Vol 6, Salamanca Guy Bovet, Auvidis Valois v 4650 (rec 1991), Vol 7, Musica Catalana, 1., Josep M^a Mas 1 Bonet, Auvidis Valois v 4651 (rec 1991), Vol 9, El Organo Castellano, Francis Chapelet, Auvidis Valois v 4653 (rec 1991), Vol 10, El Siglo XVIII, Elisa Freixo, Auvidis Valois v 4654 (rec 1991)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 143-147; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.143 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Charlton

Henry Purcell, King Arthur Nancy Argenta, Linda Penllo, Julia Gooding (sopranos), Jamie MacDougall, Mark Tucker (tenors), Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Gerald Finley (basses), Choir of the English Concert, The English Concert, directed by Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktwn 435490-2 (two CDs, rec 1991)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 147-149; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce Wood

Henry Purcell, Complete ODES and Welcome Songs, Vol 3: Fly, Bold Rebellion, Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum, Celebrate this Festival; Vol 4: From Hardy Climes, Ye Tuneful Muses, Celestial Music Did the Gods Inspire; Vol. 5: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn; Great Parent, Hail; The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear; Vol. 6: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind; Raise, Raise The Voice; Laudate Ceciliam; From Those Serene and Rapturous Joys; Vol. 7: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base (The Yorkshire Feast Song), Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow; What, What Shall Be Done in behalf of the Man; Vol. 8: Come, Ye Sons of Art, Away; Welcome, Vicegerent, Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute, Choir of New College, Oxford, The King's Consort, directed by Robert King, Hyperion CDA66412, CDA66456 (rec 1990), CDA66476, CDA66494, CDA66587 (rec 1991), CDA66598 (rec 1992); boxed set of all eight odes, CDS44
Early Music 1993 XXI: 149-152; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lucy Robinson

Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French Baroque Cantatas & Sonatas; Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Louis-Nicolas Clérambaulté, French Cantatas of the l8TH Century; Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Recorder Sonatas; Marin Marais, Pieces De Viole Du Troisiême Livre, 1711
Early Music 1993 XXI: 152-153; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.152 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald Burrows

George Frideric Handel, The Chamber Music: Vol I, The Flute Sonatas; Vol. II, The Violin Sonatas; The OBOE Sontas, Vol. III, The Trio Sonatas OP 2, Vol. IV, The Trio Sonatas OP 5; Vol V, Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo; Vol VI, The Recorder Sonatas, L' Ecole d'Orphée CRD 3373–78 (six CDs, issued 1992) Trio Sonatas OP.2 London Baroque Harmoma Mundi HMC 901379 (rec 1991) Trio Sonatas OP.5, London Baroque Harmoma Mundi HMC 901389 (rec 1991); Trio Sonatas OP.5, La Stravaganza Salzburg, directed by Siegbert Rampe, Saphir INT 830.882 (rec 1990)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 153-155; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Kitchen

Johann Sebastian Bach, Italian Concerto, French Overture; 4 Duetti, Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 054-2 (rec 1990); Italian Concerto, French Overture; 4 Duetti Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Harmoma Mundi HMA 1901278 (rec 1988); Trio Sonatas, BWV525–30 John Butt (organ) Harmoma Mundi HMU 907055 (rec 1991); Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 3 Violins; Johann Sebastian Bach; Concertos for 3 & 4 Harpsichords, Christopher Hirons, John Holloway, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wilcock (violins), Christopher Hogwood, Davitt Moroney, Christophe Rousset, Colin Tilney (harpsichords), The Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 053-2 (rec 1980, 1989, 1990)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 155-157; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.155 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Cross

Carl Heinrich Graun, der Tod Jesu, Mària Zàdori, Màrta Fers (sopranos), Martin Khetmann (tenor), Klaus Mertens (baritone), Kammerchor Cantamus, Halle, Capella Savana, directed by Pàl Németh, Qumtana/Harmoma Mundi QUI 903061 (rec 1991); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Choir of Collegium Vocale, Ghent, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe Virgin Classics VC7 91498–2 (rec 1991); Johann Adolph Hasse, Cantate a Due Voci, Véromque Dietschy (soprano), Alain Zaepffel (countertenor), Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Ensemble Gradiva Adès 201932 (rec 1991)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 157-161; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Harrison

Eighteenth-century music for two keyboard instruments, Bernard Brauchli (harpsichord, clavichord), Estéban Elizondo (organ, clavichord), Titanic Records T1-185 (rec 1989); Joseph Haydn, Harpsichord Sonatas In C Minor (XVI 20), F Major (XVI:23), A Major (XVI 26), E Flat Major (XVI 28), B Minor (XVI 32), Shirley Mathews (harpsichord), Gasparo GSCD-284 (issued 1991); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concertos KV107 (After J. C. Bach's Keyboard Sonatas Op.5 Nos 2, 3 & 4); Leopold Mozart, Sonata Da Camera A Tre No.4; Johann Christian Bach, Sonata In D Major, Op.20 No 2, Keyboard Concerto In E Flat Major, Op.7 No 5, London Baroque, Harmonia Mundi HMC 901395 (rec 1990); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonatas K545 & K57O, Fantasie K475, Rondos K486 & K511, András Schiff (fortepiano), L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 328–2 (rec 1991)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 161-163; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.161 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Wood

George Frideric Handel arr. Mozart, Acis und Galatea, Lynne Dawson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Nico van der Meel (tenor), Michael George (bass), Handel and Haydn Society, directed by Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 430 538-2 (two CDs, rec 1990); George Frideric Handel, Clori, Tirsi E Fileno, Lorraine Hunt, Jill Feldman (sopranos), Drew Minter (countertenor), Philharmoma Baroque Orchestra, directed by Nicholas McGegan Harmoma Mundi HMU 907045 (rec 1990)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 163-164; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.163 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julian Rushton

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Clemenza Di Tito, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Archiv Produktion 431 806-2 (two CDs, rec 1991); Die Zauberflöte, Schutz Choir of London, The London Classical Players, conducted by Roger Norrington, EMI Reflexe CDS7 54287-2 (two CDs, rec 1990)
Early Music 1993 XXI: 164-166; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.164 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Events

Daniel B. Page

Twentieth Annual Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Music, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 10–13 July 1992
Early Music 1993 XXI: 167-168; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.167 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Noone

Symposium: Music in the Escorial, El Escorial, Madrid, 1–4 September 1992
Early Music 1993 XXI: 169-170; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.169 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Peter Downey, Mark Lindley, Richard Turbet, Philip Brett, and David Winston

Correspondence
Early Music 1993 XXI: 171-174; doi:10.1093/em/XXI.1.171 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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