<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'>Sorry, let me send this to the list instead of just to Vivien... *blush*<br><br>I do have Duffin's Performer's Guide, and it is a good "pick it up and learn something" book. It's more like McGee's "Performer's Guide" than his "Singing Early Music," though, if that gives you any idea of the contents. Since McGee's "Performer's Guide" is out of print, I often recommend the Duffin as a good overview text for early music performance.<br><br> - Teleri<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 7/15/08, Patricia Yarrow <i><yarrowp@mscd.edu></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Patricia Yarrow <yarrowp@mscd.edu><br>Subject: Re: minstrel: Sources needed<br>To: minstrel@pbm.com<br>Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 11:13 AM<br><pre><br>I've been impressed with what I've seen of Ross
Duffin so far. He has<br>a<br>Performer's Guide to Medieval Music out but I don't have personal<br>experience<br>with that one yet. I do like his work on the effects of equal temperament,<br>which he does make accessible to non-majors, and his Shakespeare's<br>Songbook.<br><br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>