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Johann Quantz on ‘Allzuhäufigen Trillerns’
§6 ‘Some persons believe that they will appear learned if they crowd an Adagio with many graces, and twist them around in such fashion...

Tim Braithwaite


Johann Quantz on Articulation for Singers and Exceptions to Inégalité (1752)
’Also excepted is all quick passage-work which must be executed by the human voice, unless it is supposed to be slurred. Since every note...

Tim Braithwaite


Johann Quantz on German Church Singing (1752)
‘What the German manner of singing was like in times past may still be perceived today from the singers in choirs...

Tim Braithwaite
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