The Viol OTTERSTEDT ANNETTE

Livres, revues, DVD, logiciels et accessoires

Contenu

Acknowledgements
Hat, Stick, and Boots: A Brief Philosophical Introduction:
Humanism and Rhetoric
Back to the Sources
All Ye Saints, Come to My Aid
Part One
The Life and Opinions of a Princess:
Prelude: Daughter of Orient and Occident
The Curtain Rises
A Noble Page in Hiding: The Viol in France, 1550-1630
The Humanists' Delight: Italy, 1550-1630
The Entranced Smile: Germany, 1550-1630
Rainy Days in Consort: England, 1550-1630
First Legend of the Saints: The Grandee of the Viol, Alfonso Ferrabosco (c. 1575-1628)
Years of no Grace in the Country, England after 1630
Second Legend of the Saints: Three Stars in Epiphany (William Lawes, John Jenkins, Christopher Simpson)
Hard Times on the Continent: Central Europe in the Second Half of the 17th Century (Northern Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Southern Germany, and Bohemia)
The Huguenots's Maiden Friend: France after 1630
Third Legend of the Saints: The Last of the Humanists, Le Sieur de Sainte Colombe (d. before 1700)
In the Royal Sun: France in the Late 17th Century
An Unseemly Instrument? Viol-Playing Women
The Decline and Fall in the Roman Empire: The 18th Century
Suspended Animation: The 19th Century
The Principle of Hope: The 20th Century
Part Two
Meeting the Family:
A Word about Respectability
The Respublica of Consort (The 16th Century, The 17th Century, Instrumentation, The Instruments, The Role of the Organ, The Music)
No Less Swift than the Violin itself: The Bass Viol (The Viola Bastarda, The Division Viol, The Lyra Viol, Other Viols with Sympathetic Strings, The Seven-Stringed Bass Viol)
The Slighted Inner Part: The Tenor Viol
Sweet, but too Weak: The Treble Viol (Treble Viol and Dessus de Viole, Pardessus de Viole and Quinton)
A Royal Rumble: The Violone
A Humanist Parody: The Arpeggione
Observations on Viol Construction (Renaissance, Italian, English, French and German Viols and the Late Period - Conversions, Forgeries, Reconstructions)
Pitch
Transposition
The Well-Tuned Violdigamb (Germany, France, Italy and Spain in the 16th Century - France in the 17th and 18th Centuries, England in the 17th Century, The Violone)
The Well-Tempered Viol: Muiscal Temperament
The Salt and Mustard of Music: Ornamentation ("Artificioso" and "Graceful" Play, Should One Ornament in Consort?, The Well-Shaped Lady's Leg)
Aspects of Playing Technique (Holding the Instrument)
The Left Hand ("Holds" and "Tenues", Position of the Left Thumb, Open String or Stopped String?, Changing Positions, Treble-Viol Fingering)
The Right Hand (The Use of the Bow, Forms of Articulation)
Part Three
Maintaining a Princess in Style:
A Word about Quality (What is a Good Instrument?, How to Procure a Good Instrument)
The Well-Appointed Viol (Construction and Materials, Ornaments, The Varnish, Accessories)
The Bow
Beauty in Eclipsa: Conclusion
Appendix:
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations

Description :

This book is a compendium and practical guide for musicians and music lovers alike, putting a great many problems and questions relating to the viol, and music in general, into perspective. Covers great gamba players, the history of viol construction, the musical role of viols, and practical aspects of viol playing.