Keywords
Baroque performance practice, lute, guitar, historically informed performance (HIP), ornamentation, notes inégales, rule of the octave, rhetoric and musical expression, improvisation, style brisé, unmeasured preludes, basso continuo realization, adaptation of early music for modern guitar
Abstract
Reviews of Interpreting Baroque Music: A Guide for the Modern Classical Guitarist, by Afshin Torabi Ardekani (Bergmann, second corrected edition, 2025) and Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar: A Practical Handbook Based on Historical Sources, by Peter Croton (2015)
Recommended Citation
Ahmadzadeh, Arash. "Rules and Rhetoric: Historically Informed Guitar Performance of Baroque Music." Reviews of Interpreting Baroque Music: A Guide for the Modern Classical Guitarist, by Afshin Torabi Ardekani, and Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar: A Practical Handbook Based on Historical Sources, by Peter Croton. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/sbs/vol10/iss1/10.