Early History of the Viol

Klappentext Dr Woodfield brings iconographic evidence and an interesting approach to this study of the viol which will be of interest to musicologists! iconographers! organologists and viol players. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The medieval viol; 2. The Moorish rabab in Aragon; 3. The vihuela de mano; 4. The Valencian viol: its structure, playing techniques and music; 5. The introduction of the viol into Italy; 6. The viol in early sixteenth-century Germany; 7. The structural development of the Italian viol in the sixteenth century; 8. Italian viol tunings; 9. Viol-playing techniques in sixteenth-century Italy; 10. Music for solo viol in sixteenth-century Italy; 11. The viol consort and its music in sixteenth-century Italy; 12. The viol consort in late sixteenth-century Germany; 13. The viol in France and the Low Countries; 14. The viol in sixteenth-century England; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Woodfield
• Assisted by: John Butt (Editor), Laurence Dreyfus (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.1988
• EAN: 9780521357432
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35743-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Musical Texts and Mo
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology