Text on baroque style and ornamentation

[jshaevitz]

Hello. I have been getting back into baroque playing on the piccolo (flute and oboe pieces, some violin etc) and am looking for a good text on style and ornamentation to read. I have several standard pic books (Hickmann and Webster) which have a bit written but I am looking for more detail, particularly as it might pertain to non-trumpet instruments. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[scottfsmith]

Get Baroque Music: Style and Performance: A Handbook by Donington. I used to be a baroque specialist and that was the book all my teachers recommended. I seem to have two copies (don't know how that happened) so PM me if you want one of mine for cheap.
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[noamiller]

The most respectable Baroque Performance practice manuals are the primary source by Quantz On Playing the Flute - he is probably the most quoted, and the secondary source that does a really good compilation of most of them is Mary Cyr Performing Baroque Music

If you want to look into trumpet specific, Anna Freeman and Ed Tarr have a few books out for natural trumpet. Trumpeters often quote Altenberg, but his ornamentations are not representative of all of Baroque.

Here's a little bit more comprehensive list that I did a while back (make sure to turn on the outline on the left side for easier navigation):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11iU7G2AR7A6h0pOzTsSXgAwvKeKc_C5quPU4OpQdaMk/edit?usp=sharing


Edit: the Donington source that's quoted above is also a great source

[scottfsmith]

Good point about Quantz. We were advised to start with Donington and then move on to Quantz. It is a bit hard reading Quantz at first but with patience you are rewarded. The Cyr book was not yet out when I was doing this.. quite awhile back!
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Thane Standard Large Bb / Monette Unity B6-7M mpc
Lots of vintage trumpets and mouthpieces

[jshaevitz]

Thank you for the suggestions!