Historically Informed Performance - Traditional Musical Practice

Traditional Musical Practice

The gradual and still ongoing historical evolution in the construction of instruments and in the training of musicians, as part of the evolution of aesthetic sense, has produced a corresponding evolution in sounds and styles.

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