The Viols and other Bowed Instruments

Reprint of the Oxford, 1930, edition

CONTENIDO:

Preface
Introduction
List of Authorities Quoted
List of Illustrations

Prologue

BOOK I: THE VIOLS
The Form and the Substance. Tuning
The Form and the Substance. Frets
The Form and the Substance. Strings and Wood
The Method of Holding the Viols
A Chest of Viols
Types of Viols; and Their Features
The Difficulties of History
The Bow and Its Use
The Finger-Board
The Viol in Commerce
The Spirit: The Music of Viols
The Golden Age in England
The Development os Solo Writing
The Division Viol
The Lyra Viol, or Viola Bastarda

BOOK II: THE LYRA FAMILY
The Lyra da Braccia
The Lyra da Gamba

BOOK III: THE REBEC; THE VIOLIN FAMILY
The Rebec
The Viloin in the Sixteenth Century
The Ancestors
Early Tunings of the Violin Family
The Violin on the Continent
The Violin in England
The Body and the Bow
The Tenor, Bass, and Contra-Bass
The Kit, or Pochette, and Other Matters
The Viola d'Amore
The Baryton, or Viola di Bordone

BOOK IV: Independent Forms
The Tromba Marina
The Hurdy-Gurdy
The Crwth, or Crowd

Epilogue
Appendixes