Contents: Introduction Part I Style and Purpose: Appraising 18th and 19th Century Aesthetics: Performing Classical repertoire: the unbridgeable gulf between contemporary practice and historical reality, Clive Brown Mozart as early music: a Romantic antidote, Laurence Dreyfus Listening and responding to the evidence of early 20th-century performance, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson. Part II Studies in Historical Sources: Mathis Lussy's Traite de l'expressione musicale as a window into performance practice, Michael D. Green Quantz's unegal: implications for the performance of 18th-century music, Claire A. Fontijn The recordings of Joachim, YsaA'e and Sarasate in light of their reception by 19th-century British critics, Dorottya Fabian. Part III Instruments, Ensembles and Conducting: Towards a Verdian ideal of singing: emancipation from modern orthodoxy, Roger Freitas Brahms's pianos and the performance of his late piano works, Camilla Cai The orchestra in Beethoven's Vienna, Clive Brown Mozart's Viennese orchestras, Dexter Edge Rejected traditions: ensemble placement in 19th-century Paris, Donna M. Di Grazia Style and sonority in Wagner string performance, David Milsom The origins of the ideology of authenticity in interpretation: Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Wagner as conductors, JosA(c) Antonio Bowen. Part IV Tempo and Rhythm: Historical performance, metronome marks and tempo in Beethoven's symphonies, Clive Brown The case of compensating rubato, Sarah Martin Tempo as an expressive element in the late Romantic lied, Edward F. Kravitt New light on late 18th-century tempo: William Crotch's pendulum markings, Emanuel Rubin. Part V Aspects of Notation: Dots and strokes in late 18th- and 19th-century music, Clive Brown The expressive pause: punctuation, rests and breathing in England 1770a "1850, Robert Toft Beggar at the door: the rise and fall of portamento in singing, John Potter Bowing styles, vibrato and portamento in 19th-century violin playing, Clive Brown Portamento and the phonograph effect, Mark Katz Series bibliography Name index.