McGee Timothy J., Klausner David N. Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance

Indiana University Press, 2004. — 299 p.Commendable in its scholarship should prove of interest to linguists, medievalists, and Renaissance academicians, as well as to fastidious performers of early music. Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that cannot be too highly recommended. Addresses the needs of the performer directly, giving historical pronunciations for a range of languages and sample texts. David Klausner's recording is admirably consistent and convincing across the wide range of languages.