In considering the role of practical music in education this book explores theart of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examinesthe la... » 

In considering the role of practical music in education this book explores theart of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examinesthe large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in theLutheran schools during the period 15301800 and builds up a picture of thefunction and status of music in both school and church. This understanding ofmusic as a functional artmusica practicain turn gives us insight intocontemporary performance of the sacred work of Praetorius Sch tz Buxtehudeor Bach. «