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The Viol. History of an Instrument. 9783761811511

The Viol. History of an Instrument

Bärenreiter. 2002

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  • EAN: 9783761811511
  • ISBN: 978-3-7618-1151-1
  • Editorial: Bärenreiter
  • Fecha de edición: 2002
  • Encuadernación: Cartoné
  • Dimensiones: 17x25
  • Idioma: Inglés
  • Traductor: Hans Reiners
  • Nº páginas: 294

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`How strange the tone of these old istruments - men must have been half crickets when this music satisfied them !` Applied to well-known persons living in the Golden Age of the noble viola da gamba family, such as Queen Elzabeth I, the pirate Sir Francis Drake and the ruffian Essex, the term 'crickets' is intriguing. but they did love viols. In the opinion of many in today`s musical world there would be no need for viols. The instrument is regarded as a ? slightly contemptible - would-be cello. Which is what it was, and should be, least of all. So why not get the instrument`s own sory, together with what Elizabethan courtiers and European contemporaries thought about it ? This book is a compendium and a practical guide for musicians and music lovers alike, putting a great many problems and questions relating to the viol, and music in general, into perspective. There is ample material concerning such topics as the great gamba players, the history of viol construction including regional developments, the musical role of viols, reconstructions and forgeries, and the practical aspects of viol playing

CONTENIDO:

Acknowledgements
Hat, Stick, and Boots: A Brief Philosophical Introduction

* Part One: The Life and Opinions of a Princess

Prelude: Daughter of Orient and Occident
The Curtain Rises
A Noble Page in Hinding: The Viol in France, 1550-1630
The Humanist's Delight: Italy, 1550-1630
The Entranced Smile: Germany, 1550-1630
Rainy Days in Consort: England, 1550-1630
First Legend of the Saints: The Grandee of the Viol, Alfonso Ferrabosco (c. 1575-1628)
Years of no Grace in the Country, England after 1630
Second Legend of the Saints: Three Stars in Epiphany
- William Lawes (1602-1645)
- John Jenkis (1592-1678)
- Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669)
Hard Times in the Continent: Central Europe in the Second Half of the 17th Century
The Huguenot's Maiden Friend: France after 1630
Third Legend of the Saints: The Last of the Humanists, Le Sieur de Sainte Colombe (d. before 1700)
In the Royal Sun: France in the Late 17th Century
An Unseemly Instrument? Viol-Playing Women
The Decline and Fall in the Roman Empire: The 18th Century
Suspended Animation: The 19th Century
The Principle of Hope: The 20th Century

* Part Two: Meeting the Family

A Word about Respectability
The Respublica of Consort
No Less Swift than the Violin itself: The Bass Viol
The Slighted Inner Part: The Tenor Viol
Sweet, but too Weack: The Treble Viol
A Royal Rumble: The Violone
A Humanist Parody: The Arpeggione
Observations on Viol Construction
Pitch
Transposition
The Well-Tuned Violdigamb
The Well-Tempered Viol: Musical Temperament
The Salt and the Mustard of Music: Ornamentation
Aspects of Playing Technique
The Left Hand
The Right Hand

* Part Three: Maintaining a Princess in Style

A World about Quality
- What is a Good Instrument?
- How to Procure a Good Instrument
The Well-Appointed Viol
- Construction and Materials
- Ornaments
- The Varnish
- Accesories
The Bow
Beauty in Eclipsa: Conclusion

Appendix:
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations



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