Wilson, Nick - The Art of Re-enchantment

Historically informed performance (HIP) has provoked heated debate amongst musicologists, performers and cultural sociologists. In The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age, author Nick Wilson answers many salient questions surrounding HIP through an in-depth analysis of the early music movement in Britain from the 1960s to the present day.

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CONTENTS

Table of Contents
Preface i-viii
Acknowledgements ix-xii
Table of Contents xiii-xiv
Part I: Making Early Music
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-31
Chapter 2: Seven Ages of Early Music 32-61
Chapter 3: Transcending Text & Act? 62-94
Part II: Making Early Music Work
Chapter 4: A Tale of Two Authenticities 95-127
Chapter 5: Shake Rattle and Roll 128-157
Chapter 6: Holding History in Their Hands 158-188
Early Music in Early Music (illustrations)
Part III: Making Early Music Pay
Chapter 7: Spinning Out Early Music 189-221
Chapter 8: Jumping On the Old Band Wagon? 222-252
Chapter 9: Everything To Play For 253-282
Part IV: Making Early Music In the Modern Age
Chapter 10: The Thief Who Came To Dinner 283-314
Chapter 11: The Ineluctable Ore of the Authentic 315-346
Chapter 12: The Art of Re-enchantment 347-377
Appendix A Timeline of Western Classical Music 378
Notes
References 379-410
Index