Author: Priscilla ParsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An Organological Study of Leg-held Bowed Chordophones
Author: Priscilla ParsonJournal of the Viola Da Gamba Society of America
Author: The Lira Da Braccio
Author: Sterling Scott JonesPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209115
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The very lack of concrete knowledge about the lira da braccio and its technical difficulties challenged Sterling Scott Jones to discover more about this sixteenth-century string instrument, which may be the missing link between the medieval fiddle and the modern violin.
The Viola d’Amore
Author: Rachael DurkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429783655
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
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.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Galpin SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Author: Stanley SadiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Twelve-note to Wagner tuba
Author: Stanley SadiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
American Doctoral Dissertations
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Index to American Doctoral Dissertations
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description