The Violin /

With a colourful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of the world?s most important and versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collectors of0recordings, The Violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Es...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Riggs, Robert, 1946- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Violinspiel
Virtuosität
Violinmusik
Violine
Musikalische Ikonographie
Instrumentalspiel
Violin.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Strings.
Violin > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • An instrument or a metaphor?
  • Associations with death and the devil / Robert Riggs
  • Violinists and violins in literature / Robert Riggs
  • Across the centuries
  • The violin in Italy during the baroque period / Peter Walls
  • Bach and the violin / Peter Wollny
  • Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin / Robert Riggs
  • The violin concerto and virtuosity in the nineteenth century / Robert Riggs
  • The violin concerto in the twentieth century / Robert Riggs
  • The masters' voice: recordings as documentation of performance practice / Eitan Ornoy
  • Across the continents
  • The peripatetic violin / Chris Goertzen
  • The devil's box no more: fiddling in America / Chris Goertzen.

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