The violin / edited by Robert Riggs.
2016
787.2 V795 2016
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Title
The violin / edited by Robert Riggs.
ISBN
9781580465069 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1580465064
1580465064
Published
Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 306 pages : music, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Call Number
787.2 V795 2016
System Control No.
(OCoLC)946058901
(OCoLC)946058901
(OCoLC)946058901
Summary
With a colourful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of the world's most important and versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collectors of recordings, The violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the evolution of0performance styles and interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also illustrates the broad cultural and geographic reach of the instrument, offering readers a taste of the traditional music of Argentina, Mexico, Norway, and India, in which the violin's participation is an essential and characteristic element. Other chapters are devoted to American fiddling and to the violin and violinists as metaphors in literature and the visual arts.
Note
With a colourful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of the world's most important and versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collectors of recordings, The violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the evolution of0performance styles and interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also illustrates the broad cultural and geographic reach of the instrument, offering readers a taste of the traditional music of Argentina, Mexico, Norway, and India, in which the violin's participation is an essential and characteristic element. Other chapters are devoted to American fiddling and to the violin and violinists as metaphors in literature and the visual arts.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
An instrument or a metaphor?
Associations with death and the devil / Robert Riggs
Violinists and violins in literature / Robert Riggs
Across the centuries
The violin in Italy during the baroque period / Peter Walls
Bach and the violin / Peter Wollny
Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin / Robert Riggs
The violin concerto and virtuosity in the nineteenth century / Robert Riggs
The violin concerto in the twentieth century / Robert Riggs
The masters' voice: recordings as documentation of performance practice / Eitan Ornoy
Across the continents
The peripatetic violin / Chris Goertzen
The devil's box no more: fiddling in America / Chris Goertzen
Associations with death and the devil / Robert Riggs
Violinists and violins in literature / Robert Riggs
Across the centuries
The violin in Italy during the baroque period / Peter Walls
Bach and the violin / Peter Wollny
Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin / Robert Riggs
The violin concerto and virtuosity in the nineteenth century / Robert Riggs
The violin concerto in the twentieth century / Robert Riggs
The masters' voice: recordings as documentation of performance practice / Eitan Ornoy
Across the continents
The peripatetic violin / Chris Goertzen
The devil's box no more: fiddling in America / Chris Goertzen
Added Author
Series
Eastman studies in music ; v. 135.
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