Summary Over the last few decades, scholarly literature dedicated to historically informed performance has proliferated. Numerous publications, the creation of specialised collections and dedicated research teams have all contributed to the development of an ever-expanding scientific library. This vast repository of knowledge comprises not just written publications, but also countless recordings and performances, as well flourishing. Paradoxically, as new research methods developed, the terra incognita simultaneously seemed to expand. This volume does not attempt an exhaustive synthesis but instead aims to outline a number of significant trends within the field of historically informed performance studies, as practised in conservatoires and universities. The fifteen texts gathered in this volume can be read both as contributions to specific areas of performance studies as well as methodological proposals inviting cross-disciplinary reflection. The first part of the book, which examines among other topics music engraving, the theory and hermeneutics of the sign, and performers' annotations, puts forward new proposals for the analysis of the musical sign. The second part deals with the growing field of recordings analysis and reenactment, looking at leading artists (e. g. Georges Enesco, Vlado Perlemuter, Sarah Bernhardt or Charles Ives). TABLE OF CONTENTS Rémy Campos ? Arthur Macé Foreword Rémy Campos Historically Informed Performance: An Unsolvable Problem? Renewed Analysis of Signs David Rowland Composers, Engravers and Piano Music Texts in the Long Nineteenth Century Nir Cohen-Shalit Annotations in Performance Material of 19th-Century German Orchestras Inès Taillandier-Guittard L?expression pianistique au défi de la notation: écrire et enseigner l?expression dans le long XIXe siècle Du Chao Au bout des doigts: les partitions annotées d?Yvonne Loriod à la Bibliothèque nationale de France Hector Cornilleau Décrire et exemplifier les principes d?exécution: vers une théorie du signe musical de l?Empire à la monarchie de Juillet? Reenacting Sounds and Gestures Massimo Zicari Reconstructing a Living Tradition: The Early Recordings of Donizetti?s Lucia di Lammermoor Manuel Bärtsch In Search of Cortot?s Beethoven Julien Szulman Georges Enesco interprète du Poème d?Ernest Chausson John Kamfonas The Piano Recordings of Charles Ives: Understanding Instrumental Practice as an Extension of Work Creation Guillaume Tardif Directionality & Intentionality: Perspectives on Phrasing in String Playing in the 19th & 20th Centuries Martin Knust Re-Enacting Wagner in the 21st Century Anne Pellois ? Tomas Gonzalez Cinq fois Phèdre: protocoles de réactivations de performances passées à partir d?une partition vocale Pierre Goy Apprendre par la copie: une voie d?accès au style ravélien Inja Stanovi? Historically Informed Recording: Early Recordings Association?s Violin Case-Study Abstracts and Biographies Index of Names