Introduction to Historically Informed Performance Practice

Summary

What is historical performance? And why should we spend time studying and making sense of the historical source materials?

The sources provide many ideas to help performers today enrich and enliven their performances, to improve and refresh what they do.

My critical translation of Hotteterre’s flute treatise and some of his other writings presents (or restores) important evidence.

I also interpret (or demystify) the evidence in a commentary on the translations and the issues raised in them.

Author: Greg Dikmans