Meter in Music, 1600-1800: Performance, Perception, and Notation

Author/Contributor(s):	Houle, George
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	06/22/2000
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

All practising musicians with an interest in the baroque owe it to themselves to be exposed to the ideas contained in this book. --Continuo

This is a book from an excellent musician in the early field who turns out also to be a most persistent scholar . . . --Early Music

. . . the book offers a vast quantity of data from a wide range of sources. . . . George Houle is to be congratulated for his honest presentation of the entire spectrum. --Music Educators Journal

The treatment of meter in performance has evolved dramatically since 1600. Here is a practical guide for the performer, with many quotations from early manuals and treatises, and abundant examples.