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Research interests
Current projects fall principally within the field of Historical Performance, more specifically the performance of Western European Art Music from c.1650 to c. 1850.
- Ornamentation and cadenzas in a variety of national styles
- Translation of historical treatises on performance
- Historical violin- and bow-holds
- Connections between music and other art forms and aesthetic ideas
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Natural Sciences (History and Philosophy of Science), University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jul 1991
External positions
Monteverdi String Band
31 Jan 2001 → …
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Il vero modo di diminuir con tutte le sorti di stromenti di fiato, & di corda, e di voce humana
Translated title of the contribution :The true method of making diminutions, with every kind of wind & string instrument and with the human voice Research output: Book › Authored Book › peer-review
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'Just' Natural Trumpet: A performer's guide based on seventeenth- & eighteenth-century repertoire
Webber, O. (Editor) & Gilmour, R., 2024, 267 p.Research output: Book › Authored Book
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La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina
Translated title of the contribution :The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Media
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Con Arte e Maestria: Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque
Webber, O. (Performer) & Devine, S. (Performer), Jul 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Media
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Regole, passaggi di musica, madrigali et motetti passeggiati
Translated title of the contribution :Rules, musical passaggi, ornamented madrigals and motets Research output: Book › Scholarly Edition › peer-review