The Early History of the Viol - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Early History of the Viol write by Ian Woodfield. This book was released on 1988-04-21. The Early History of the Viol available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de mano. From these two instruments emerged an early form of viol, the Valencian vihuela de arco, which spread rapidly across the Mediterranean during the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia. The viol was enthusiastically accepted by the d'Este and Gonzaga families and other Italian arbiters before migrating across the Alps and into the rest of Europe. The author discusses all aspects of the viol during its Renaissance hey-day: the growing perfection of viol design at the hands of Italian craftsmen; the gradual evolution of tuning systems; the development of advanced playing techniques and the wide range of music, both solo and consort. The final chapter examines the growth of a viol playing tradition in sixteenth-century England, in particular in the London choir-schools. Dr Woodfield brings iconographic evidence and an interesting approach to this study which will be of interest to musicologists, iconographers, organologists and viol players.
Researches Into the Early History of the Violin Family
Researches Into the Early History of the Violin Family - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Researches Into the Early History of the Violin Family write by Carl Engel. This book was released on 1883. Researches Into the Early History of the Violin Family available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The History of the Violin
The History of the Violin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of the Violin write by William Sandys. This book was released on 1864. The History of the Violin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music
Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music write by Michael Fleming. This book was released on 2016-11-18. Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize Musical repertory of great importance and quality was performed on viols in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. This is reported by Thomas Mace (1676) who says that ’Your Best Provision’ for playing such music is a chest of old English viols, and he names five early English viol makers than which ’there are no Better in the World’. Enlightened scholars and performers (both professional and amateur) who aim to understand and play this music require reliable historical information and need suitable viols, but so little is known about the instruments and their makers that we cannot specify appropriate instruments with much precision. Our ignorance cannot be remedied exclusively by the scrutiny or use of surviving antique viols because they are extremely rare, they are not accessible to performers and the information they embody is crucially compromised by degradation and alteration. Drawing on a wide variety of evidence including the surviving instruments, music composed for those instruments, and the documentary evidence surrounding the trade of instrument making, Fleming and Bryan draw significant conclusions about the changing nature and varieties of viol in early modern England.
The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II
The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II write by Walter S. Reiter. This book was released on 2020-09-24. The Baroque Violin and Viola, Vol. II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Early Music revival has had far-reaching consequences on how music of the past is performed, both by specialists and non-specialists. This timely book is a practical step-by-step course of lessons for violinists and violists in both these categories, covering the interpretation, technique, culture and historical background of the Baroque violin repertoire. Written by a violinist and teacher specialising in Baroque music over many years, it guides readers from the basics (how to hold the violin) to Bach, via music from a wide variety of styles. Avoiding obscure musicological jargon, it is eminently readable and accessible. Packed with information, detailed observations on the music under discussion and relevant quotations from historical and contemporary sources, it covers everything the Baroque violin student should know and may be considered as equivalent to two to three years of individual lessons. The book contains over 100 Exercises devised for and tested on students over the years. The author's holistic approach is evident through the Exercises aimed at bringing out the individual voice of each student, and his insistence that what happens within, the identification and manipulation of Affects, is a vital part of successful performance. Imitating the voice, both spoken and sung, is a constant theme, beginning with the simple device of playing words. There are 50 Lessons, including five Ornamentation Modules and ones on specific topics: Temperament, Rhetoric, the Affects etc. All the music, transcribed for both violin and viola, is downloadable from the website, where there is also a series of videos"--
