0 Western music of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, written before about 1650 --
In music, authenticity has been equated with 'historically correct' by the early music revival movement from the 1950s or 1960s, and with 'placed in the original context' by early ethnomusicologists.
The remaining chapters take a topical approach to specific aspects of musical research, including sources for those studying women in music, film music, the early music revival and music publishing.
But the adequate representation of early music as found in manuscripts is the goal, and there is no other symbolic meaning of music other than the symbolic representation on paper.
At the same time, competition between conservatories led to the development of specialist courses in areas such as early music and ethnomusicology.
Many subjects indicated parental influence as a factor in early music making, before contact with teachers through school.
While the early music practice aims at faithful reproduction of historical originals, some ethnomusicological approaches aim at recreating local settings.
The ambiguities of early music have been acknowledged since at least 1980 in the debate surrounding authenticity discussed earlier.
It is necessary to fit early music into the larger picture of contemporary medieval music reception.
