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  • Edited by Robin Stowell, University of Wales College of Cardiff
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2011
Print publication year:
1992
Online ISBN:
9781139002097

Book description

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 of specialists, and is intended to develop the violin's historical perspective in breadth and from every relevant angle. The principal subjects discussed include the instrument's structure and development; its fundamental acoustical properties; principal exponents; technique and teaching principles; solo and ensemble repertory; pedagogical literature; traditions in folk music and jazz; and aspects of historical performing practice. The text is supported by numerous illustrations and diagrams as well as music examples, a useful appendix, glossary of technical terms, and an extensive bibliography.

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Contents

  • Frontmatter
    pp i-xvi
  • 1 - The violin and bow – origins and development
    pp 1-29
  • 2 - The physics of the violin
    pp 30-45
  • 3 - The violinists of the Baroque and Classical periods
    pp 46-60
  • 4 - The nineteenth-century bravura tradition
    pp 61-78
  • 5 - The twentieth century
    pp 79-91
  • 6 - The fundamentals of violin playing and teaching
    pp 92-121
  • 7 - Technique and performing practice
    pp 122-142
  • 9 - The concerto
    pp 148-167
  • 10 - The sonata
    pp 168-193
  • 11 - Other solo repertory
    pp 194-209
  • 12 - The violin as ensemble instrument
    pp 210-223
  • 13 - The pedagogical literature
    pp 224-233
  • 14 - The violin – instrument of four continents
    pp 234-248
  • 15 - The violin in jazz
    pp 249-256
  • Appendix Principal violin treatises
    pp 257-260
  • Glossary of technical terms
    pp 261-266
  • Notes
    pp 267-279
  • Select bibliography
    pp 280-289
  • Index
    pp 290-304

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