Texts

Messiah: Extended Recording Notes

John Butt discusses Dunedin’s recording of the 1742 ‘Dublin Version’ of Handel’s Messiah.

Playing with History YET again

John Butt reflects once more on the subject matter of his 2002 book “Playing with History”, adding further thoughts and observations since his keynote speech on the topic for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Historical Performance Institute for the “Historical Performance: Theory, Practice and Interdisciplinary” conference, May 2016.

Playing with History again

In May 2016 John Butt gave a keynote speech for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Historical Performance Institute for the “Historical Performance: Theory, Practice and Interdisciplinary” conference. This article is a transcript of the keynote and considers the historical approach to musical performance since the publication of his book “Playing with History” in 2002.