Download or read book New Essays on Performance Practice written by Frederick Neumann and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, which question many orthodox beliefs of the performance practice tradition and take a critical look at the early music movement. Coverage includes Haydn's ornaments, Mozart interpretation, Handel's overtures and binary and ternary rhythms.