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Author : Maurice W. Riley
Release : 1993
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis The History of the Viola by : Maurice W. Riley
Download or read book The History of the Viola written by Maurice W. Riley. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maurice W. Riley
Release : 1980
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis The History of the Viola by : Maurice W. Riley
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Author : Rachael Durkin
Release : 2020
Genre : Viola d'amore
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Book Synopsis The Viola D'Amore by : Rachael Durkin
Download or read book The Viola D'Amore written by Rachael Durkin. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composers like Bach made use of the viola d'amore for its particular sound, but the instrument subsequently fell out of fashion amid orchestral standardisation, only to see a revival as interest in early music and historical performance grew. Drawing on literary accounts, iconography, and surviving instruments, this study examines the origins and development of this eye-catching string instrument in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It explores the rich variation of designs displayed in extant viola d'amore specimens, both as originally constructed and as a result of conversion and repair. The viola d'amore is then set into the wider context of Elizabethan England's development of instruments with wire strings, and its legacy in the form of the baryton which emerged in the early seventeenth century, followed by a look at the viola d'amore's own nomenclatorial and organological influence. The book closes with a discussion of the viola d'amore's revival, and its use and manufacture today. Offering insights for organological research and historical performance practice, this study enhances our knowledge of both the viola d'amore and its wider family of instruments.
Author : Walter S. Reiter
Release : 2020-09-24
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II by : Walter S. Reiter
Download or read book The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II written by Walter S. Reiter. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Early Music revival has had far-reaching consequences on how music of the past is performed, both by specialists and non-specialists. This timely book is a practical step-by-step course of lessons for violinists and violists in both these categories, covering the interpretation, technique, culture and historical background of the Baroque violin repertoire. Written by a violinist and teacher specialising in Baroque music over many years, it guides readers from the basics (how to hold the violin) to Bach, via music from a wide variety of styles. Avoiding obscure musicological jargon, it is eminently readable and accessible. Packed with information, detailed observations on the music under discussion and relevant quotations from historical and contemporary sources, it covers everything the Baroque violin student should know and may be considered as equivalent to two to three years of individual lessons. The book contains over 100 Exercises devised for and tested on students over the years. The author's holistic approach is evident through the Exercises aimed at bringing out the individual voice of each student, and his insistence that what happens within, the identification and manipulation of Affects, is a vital part of successful performance. Imitating the voice, both spoken and sung, is a constant theme, beginning with the simple device of playing words. There are 50 Lessons, including five Ornamentation Modules and ones on specific topics: Temperament, Rhetoric, the Affects etc. All the music, transcribed for both violin and viola, is downloadable from the website, where there is also a series of videos"--
Author : Lionel Tertis
Release : 1975
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis My Viola and I by : Lionel Tertis
Download or read book My Viola and I written by Lionel Tertis. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
