Einführung in die mittelalterliche Musik

This book, first published in 1992, has become a popular manual for all those interested in Early Music. For the present, third edition, a new team of authors, Marco Ambrosini (Ensemble ONI WYTARS and others) and Michael Posch (head of the Early Music department at the Konservatorium Wien), has decided to revise the work completely and to extend it considerably.

The aim of both authors, well versed in their subject, is to give the musician interested in approaching mediaeval music an overview of the subject and to provide a comprehensive collection of playable sheet music of different types and from various sources.

The book offers basic knowledge on mediaeval music in a comprehensible, concise fashion, including historical context. It may even serve as an encyclopedia on the music of this period.

The following extract from the contents provides an overview of the main subjects. A repertoire list with historical background information, a sheet music annex, illustrated descriptions of instruments, notes on resources, a bibliography and an index complete this comprehensive work.