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The Violin (Eastman Studies in Music)
Robert Riggs
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Description for The Violin (Eastman Studies in Music)
Hardcover. Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
With a colorful 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 of recordings, The Violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the evolution of performance styles and interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also illustrates the broad cultural and geographic reach of the ... Read more
With a colorful 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 of recordings, The Violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the evolution of performance styles and interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also illustrates the broad cultural and geographic reach of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
659g
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465069
SKU
V9781580465069
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Reviews for The Violin (Eastman Studies in Music)
Succeeds in emphasizing the versatility and global reach of the instrument to readers in the early stages of exploring these topics. Though Riggs devotes space to non-Western genres, the majority of the book systematically presents standard violin repertoire...[Includes] a useful guide for violinists interested in reading fiction related to their instrument. MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES ... Read more