Preface Colin Lawson and Robin Stowell; Part I. Performance Through History: 1. Performance today Nicholas Kenyon; 2. Political process, social structure, and musical performance in Europe since 1450 William Weber; 3. The evidence Robin Stowell; 4. The performer and the composer Corey Jamason; 5. The teaching of performance Natasha Loges and Colin Lawson; 6. Music and musical performance: histories in disjunction? David Wright; Part II. Pre-Renaissance Performance: 7. The ancient world Eleonora Rocconi; 8. Performance before c.1430: an overview John Haines; 9. Vocal performance before c.1430 Jeremy Summerly; 10. Instrumental performance before c.1430 Stefano Mengozzi; 11. Case study: Guillaume de Machaut: ballade 34, 'Quant Theseus/Ne quier veoir' John Haines; Part III. Performance in the Renaissance (c.1430–1600): 12. Performance in the Renaissance: an overview Jon Banks; 13. Vocal performance in the Renaissance Timothy McGee; 14. Instrumental performance in the Renaissance Keith Polk; 15. Case study: Seville cathedral's music in performance 1549–1599 Owen Rees; Part IV. Performance in the Seventeenth Century: 16. Performance in the seventeenth century: an overview Tim Carter; 17. Vocal performance in the seventeenth century Richard Wistreich; 18. Instrumental performance in the seventeenth century David Ponsford; 19. Case study: Monteverdi's Mass and Vespers (1610) Jonathan Wainwright; Part V. Performance in the 'Long Eighteenth Century': 20. Performance in the 'long eighteenth century': an overview Simon McVeigh; 21. Vocal performance in 'the long eighteenth century' John Potter; 22. Instrumental performance in 'the long eighteenth century' Peter Walls; 23. Case study: Mozart: Symphonies in E flat major K543, G minor K550 and C major K551 Colin Lawson; Part VI. Performance in the Nineteenth Century: 24. Performance in the nineteenth century: an overview Michael Musgrave; 25. Vocal performance in the nineteenth century Will Crutchfield; 26. Instrumental performance in the nineteenth century Ian Pace; 27. Case study: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Robin Stowell; Part VII. The Twentieth Century and Beyond: 28. Musical performance in the twentieth century: an overview Stephen Cottrell; 29. Vocal performance in the twentieth century and beyond Jane Manning and Anthony Payne; 30. Instrumental performance in the twentieth century and beyond Roger Heaton; 31. Case study: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen für drei Orchester William Mival; Part VIII: 32. The future? Colin Lawson and Robin Stowell; Bibliography.
