Text and Act : Essays on Music and Performance.

Over the last dozen years, the writings of Richard Taruskin have transformed the debate about ""early music"" and ""authenticity."" Text and Act collects for the first time the most important of Taruskin's essays and reviews from this period, many of whic...

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Main Author: Taruskin, Richard
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Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1995.
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