This handbook provides a historical account of the development of the violin, viola and their close relatives as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. It aims to help performers to play in a historically appropriate style and to guide listeners toward a clearer understanding of the issues that affected string performance during this series' core period (c.1700-c.1900). Its six detailed case studies, which include Bach and Beethoven, will assist readers in forging well-grounded, period interpretations of major works from the repertory.
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This handbook provides an historical account of the development of the violin, viola and their close relatives as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. It aims to help performers to play in an historically appropriate style and to guide listeners towards a clearer understanding of the issues which affected string performance during the series' core period (c.1700-c.1900). Its six detailed case studies which include Bach and Beethoven will assist readers in forging well-grounded, period interpretations of major works from the repertory.
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extempore ornamentation, vibrato usage, concave camber, violino piccolo, multiple stopping, bow management, violin treatises, historical performers, period performers, slurred staccato, early violin, playing length, tempo modification, string thicknesses, parent volume, violin family, sympathetic strings, core period, bow speed, double stopping, violin technique, tempo rubato, rhythmic alteration, violin school, molto vivace Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Violin Concerto (Penguin music scores) by Felix Mendelssohn on 13 pages
- Performance Practice (New Grove Handbooks in Music) by Howard Mayer Brown on 11 pages
- Performing Beethoven (Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice) by Robin Stowell on 6 pages
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove on 4 pages
- Sonatas and Partitas: Violin Solo by E Herrmann on 4 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Robin Stowell in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P. Keefe in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- From Renaissance To Baroque: Change In Instruments And Instrumental Music In The Seveteenth Century by Jonathan Wainwright on page 261, and Back Matter
- Early Keyboard Instruments: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) by David Rowland in Front Matter
- The Early Horn: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) by John Humphries in Front Matter
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