Violin

Klappentext The Cambridge Companion To The Violin offers students, performers, and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day. The volume comprises fifteen essays, written by a team from every relevant angle. Zusammenfassung The Cambridge Companion to the Violin offers students! performers and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The violin and bow - origins and development John Dilworth; 2. The physics of the violin Bernard Richardson; 3. The violinists of the baroque and classical periods Simon McVeigh; 4. The nineteenth century bravura tradition Robin Stowell; 5. The twentieth century Eric Wen; 6. The fundamentals of violin playing and teaching Adrian Eales; 7. Technique and performing practice Robin Stowell; 8. Aspects of contemporary technique (with comments about Cage, Feldman, Scelsi and Babbitt) Paul Zukofsky; 9. The concerto Robin Stowell; 10. The sonata Robin Stowell; 11. Other solo repertory; 12. The violin as ensemble instrument Peter Allsop; 13. The pedagogical literature Robin Stowell; 14. The violin - instrument of four continents Peter Cooke; 15. The violin in jazz Max Harrison; Appendix: Principal violin treatises.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Stowell
• Assisted by: Jonathan Cross (Editor), Robin Stowell (Editor), Robin (University of Wales College of Cardiff) Stowell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1992
• EAN: 9780521399234
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39923-4
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Music; Cambridge companion; Cambridge Companions to Music; Cambridge companion
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music