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This book is the first integral study of the history of imitative or co-creative artistic work that has led to the creation of cello transcriptions and arrangements. Of an interdisciplinary character, it explores the views that have shaped approaches to the art of cello performance and describes the role of cello transcriptions and the development of instrument making. The book also addresses issues related to philosophy, history of aesthetics and visual arts, including iconography presenting historical images of the cello. The theoretical part contains definitions and systematics that make it possible to categorise the vast amount of transcriptions, as well as descriptions and suggested recordings of a selection of those transcriptions.
Sommario
History of the cello - Mimetic literature for cello - History of cello construction - Cello popularisation and emancipation - Cello performance over the centuries - The playing technique of cellists past and present - Cello transcriptions and arrangements - Cello iconography - String instruments
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Urszula Mizia is a cellist, teacher and music event organiser. She works at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) as an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science. From 2016 to 2019, she was the vice-director of the Institute of Music. She obtained her PhD in 2001 at Cracow Academy of Music, and her habilitation in 2013 at Gdäsk Academy of Music. Since 1995, she has been the president of the Bielsko-Biäa Music Society.
