Robin Stowell (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to the Violin

Herausgeber: Cross, Jonathan; Stowell, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780521399234
• ISBN-10: 0521399238
• Artikelnr.: 21598657

Inhaltsangabe

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.